בִּלְעֲדֵי
bilʻădêy · bil-ad-ay'
except, without, besides
Lexicon
Derivation: or בַּלְעֲדֵי; constructive plural from H1077 (בַּל) and H5703 (עַד), not till, i.e. (as preposition or adverb)
except, without, besides
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: beside, not (in), save, without.
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › authority, the one who leads › to see and know › the doorway, the way in › the hand that works
The house, what is within of authority, the one who leads that works to see and know of the doorway, the way in of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בִּלְעֲדֵי above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
17 occurrences · 17 OT · 0 NT · 13 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- save4 · 24%
- beside3 · 18%
- without2 · 12%
- and beside2 · 12%
- it is not in me1 · 6%
- and without1 · 6%
- with thee beside1 · 6%
- not1 · 6%
- else beside1 · 6%
- unto her, without1 · 6%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.