בִּלְתִּי
biltîy · bil-tee'
properly, a failure of, i.e. (used only as a negative particle, usually with a prepositional prefix) not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until, etc.
Lexicon
Derivation: constructive feminine of H1086 (בָּלָה) (equivalent to H1097 (בְּלִי));
properly, a failure of, i.e. (used only as a negative particle, usually with a prepositional prefix) not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until, etc.
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: because un(satiable), beside, but, [phrase] continual, except, from, lest, neither, no more, none, not, nothing, save, that no, 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
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- 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 › the mark, the covenant sign › the hand that works
The house, what is within of authority, the one who leads of the mark, the covenant sign of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בִּלְתִּי 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
112 occurrences · 112 OT · 0 NT · 29 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- lest2 · 7%
- except2 · 7%
- without2 · 7%
- no2 · 7%
- that thou shouldest not1 · 3%
- i of it, but1 · 3%
- that no1 · 3%
- in not1 · 3%
- save1 · 3%
- him not1 · 3%
- there is nothing at all, beside1 · 3%
- was not1 · 3%
- until there was none1 · 3%
- from1 · 3%
- not1 · 3%
- for there is none beside1 · 3%
- him, he is not1 · 3%
- neither1 · 3%
- to the intent that1 · 3%
- be no more1 · 3%
- without me they shall1 · 3%
- with a continual1 · 3%
- for nothing1 · 3%
- because1 · 3%
- beside me1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
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.