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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #1106 - בֶּלַע

Transliteration

Belaʻ

Phonetics

beh'-lah

Root Word (Etymology)

the same as (H1105)

Parts of Speech

proper locative noun, proper masculine noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

Bela = “destruction”

1) a king of Edom (noun proper masculine)

2) first son of Benjamin (noun proper masculine)

3) a son of Ahaz, a Reubenite (noun proper masculine)

4) one of the five cities of the plain which was spared at the intercession of Lot, and received the name of Zoar (noun proper locative)

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (14)

Genesis 5

Numbers 2

1 Chronicles 7

HCS (0)

HCS (14)

Genesis 5

Numbers 2

1 Chronicles 7

BSB (16)

Genesis 7

Numbers 2

1 Chronicles 7

ESV (14)

Genesis 5

Numbers 2

1 Chronicles 7

WEB (14)

Genesis 5

Numbers 2

1 Chronicles 7

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

II. בֶּ֫לַע proper name, masculine 1.בֶּלַע Genesis 36:32 = 1 Chronicles 1:43; בָּ֑לַע Genesis 36:33 = 1 Chronicles 1:44 a king of Edom, בן בעור׳ב (compare בִּלְעָם & Di Genesis 36:32).

2בֶּלַע 1st son of Benjamin Genesis 46:21; Numbers 26:38,40; 1 Chronicles 7:6,7; 1 Chronicles 8:1,3(בָּ֑לַע).

3בֶּלַע a Reubenite 1 Chronicles 5:8.

III. בֶּ֫לַע proper name, of a location city = צֹעַר q. v. Genesis 14:2,8.

בִּלְעֲדֵי see below בלה.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

בֶּלַע m. with suff. בִּלְעִי

(1) a devouring, something devoured, Jeremiah 51:44.

(2) destruction, Psalms 52:6.

(3) [Bela], pr.n. of a city on the southern shore of the Dead Sea, called also צֹעַר (little), Genesis 14:2, Genesis 14:8, 19:20, seq.

(4) pr.n. m.

(a) of a king of the Edomites, Genesis 36:32.

(b) Genesis 46:21.

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List of Word Forms

בֶ֖לַע בֶ֗לַע בֶּ֖לַע בֶּ֚לַע בֶּ֣לַע בֶּ֤לַע בֶּ֧לַע בָּ֑לַע בלע וּבֶ֙לַע֙ ובלע לְבֶ֗לַע לְבָ֑לַע לבלע bā·la‘ Bala bāla‘ be·la‘ ḇe·la‘ Bela bela‘ ḇela‘ lə·ḇā·la‘ lə·ḇe·la‘ ləḇāla‘ ləḇela‘ leVala leVela ū·ḇe·la‘ ūḇela‘ uVela Vela