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בָּלָה H1086

H1086 is the Hebrew word בָּלָה, transliterated bâlâh and said baw-law'. The King James Version most often renders it wax old.

Word: בָּלָהTransliteration: bâlâhSaid: baw-law'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 15 verses

What it means

to fail; by implication to wear out, decay (causatively, consume, spend).

Where it comes from

a primitive root.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 16 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

wax old 3×waxed old 2×waxed not old 2×waxen old 2×become old 1×waste 1×consumeth 1×spend 1×consume 1×long enjoy 1×made old 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: consume, enjoy long, become (make, wax) old, spend, waste.

Verses using בָּלָה

All 15 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 18:12 · KJV

Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?

Deuteronomy 8:4 · KJV

Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.

Deuteronomy 29:5 · KJV

And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot.

Joshua 9:13 · KJV

And these bottles of wine, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they be rent: and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey.

1 Chronicles 17:9 · KJV

Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the beginning,

Nehemiah 9:21 · KJV

Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not.

Job 13:28 · KJV

And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.

Job 21:13 · KJV

They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.

Psalm 32:3 · KJV

When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.

Psalm 49:14 · KJV

Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.

Psalm 102:26 · KJV

They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:

Isaiah 50:9 · KJV

Behold, the Lord GOD will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up.

Isaiah 51:6 · KJV

Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.

Isaiah 65:22 · KJV

They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.

Lamentations 3:4 · KJV

My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.

Common questions

What does Strong's H1086 mean?

H1086 is the Hebrew word בָּלָה (bâlâh), meaning to fail; by implication to wear out, decay (causatively, consume, spend).

How is H1086 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it wax old (3 times), waxed old (2 times), waxed not old (2 times), waxen old (2 times), become old (1 time), among others.

How many times does H1086 appear in the Bible?

בָּלָה (bâlâh) is tagged in 15 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H1086 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.

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