Hebrew Study
Strong’s Concordance H1086
A readable Hebrew dictionary entry from Strong’s Concordance. Definitions help with word study; the meaning in a verse still depends on context.
Word study
- Source
- Strong’s Concordance
- Transliteration
- balah
- Pronunciation
- baw-law'
- Occurrences
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- Strong’s number
- H1086
- Brief meaning
- To fail, by implication to wear out, decay (causatively, consume, spend)
- Source renderings
- consume, enjoy long, become (make, wax) old, spend, waste
- Root word
- a primitive root
- Full definition from the source
- To fail; by implication to wear out, decay (causatively, consume, spend). Root word: a primitive root.
Source info
Source and edition
James Strong, Strong's Hebrew Bible Dictionary (1890); Bible Foundation text source; Michael Grier's 1996 ASCII e-text; CrossWire module 1.2.
View the 1890 print witnessView preserved source wording
01086\ 1086 balah baw-law' a primitive root; to fail; by implication to wear out, decay (causatively, consume, spend):--consume, enjoy long, become (make, wax) old, spend, waste.