Hebrew neg · H1097
בְּלִי
belibel-ee'
without
58 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: bᵉlîy
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H1097is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 16 of 39Old Testament books
- 23spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H1097
properly, failure, i.e. nothing or destruction; usually (with preposition) without, not yet, because not, as long as, etc.
The King James renders it: corruption, ig(norantly), for lack of, where no...is, so that no, none, not, un(awares), without.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
beli is rendered "without". It stands 58 times in the Hebrew text, across sixteen books.
- Twenty-two of the uses stand in Job, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 31:20Moreover, Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean by not telling him that he was running away.
- The Greek text spells it twenty-three different ways.
The first use
Moreover, Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean by not telling him that he was running away.
Genesis 31:20בְּלִי֙
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Twenty-two of the word's fifty-eight uses are in Job.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- not23
- because not20
- with not4
- ¿ because not3
- for not2
- ¿ becasue not1
- and because not1
- destruction1
- like not1
- to not1
- with no1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 58, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
23 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- מִבְּלִ֣י6
- מִבְּלִי־5
- בִּבְלִי־4
- בְּלִ֥י4
- בְלִי־4
- בְּלִי־4
- הַֽמִבְּלִ֤י4
- בְּלִ֣י3
- לִבְלִי־3
- מִבְּלִ֥י3
- בְּלִ֖י2
- בְּֽלִ֫י2
and 11 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)18HR/Ncmsc
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)15HNcmsc
- preposition + noun · masculine singular11HR/Ncmsa
- noun · masculine singular9HNcmsa
- question particle + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)3HTi/R/Ncmsc
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HC/R/Ncmsc
- question particle + preposition + noun · masculine singular1HTi/R/Ncmsa
Genesis
one use
Moreover, Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean by not telling him that he was running away.
- בְּלִי֙belinoun · masculine singulartagged: not
Exodus
one use
They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us into the wilderness to die? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt?
- הַֽמִבְּלִ֤יhamibeliquestion particle + preposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: ¿ because not
Deuteronomy
four uses
to which a manslayer could flee after killing his neighbor unintentionally without prior malice. To save one’s own life, he could flee to one of these cities:
- בִּבְלִי־bivli-preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: with no
Otherwise, those in the land from which You brought us out will say, ‘Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land He had promised them, and because He hated them, He has brought them out to kill them in the wilderness.’
- מִבְּלִי֙mibelipreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: because not
Now this is the situation regarding the manslayer who flees to one of these cities to save his life, having killed his neighbor accidentally, without intending to harm him:
- בִּבְלִי־bivli-preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: with not
refusing to share with any of them the flesh of his children he will eat because he has nothing left in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you within all your gates.
- מִבְּלִ֥יmibelipreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: because not
Joshua
two uses
so that anyone who kills another unintentionally or accidentally may flee there. These will be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
- בִּבְלִי־bivli-preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: with not
Now if the avenger of blood pursues him, they must not surrender the manslayer into his hand, because that man killed his neighbor accidentally without prior malice.
- בִבְלִי־vivli-preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: with not
2 Samuel
one use
O mountains of Gilboa, may you have no dew or rain, no fields yielding offerings of grain. For there the shield of the mighty was defiled, the shield of Saul, no longer anointed with oil.
- בְּלִ֖יbelinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: not
2 Kings
three uses
But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, “Go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria and ask them, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are on your way to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron?’
- הַֽמִבְּלִ֤יhamibeliquestion particle + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: ¿ becasue not
They replied, “A man came up to meet us and said, ‘Go back to the king who sent you and tell him that this is what the LORD says: Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending these men to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not get up from the bed on which you are lying. You will surely die.’”
- הַֽמִבְּלִ֤יhamibeliquestion particle + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: ¿ because not
And Elijah said to King Ahaziah, “This is what the LORD says: Is there really no God in Israel for you to inquire of His word? Is that why you have sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not get up from the bed on which you are lying. You will surely die.”
- הַֽמִבְּלִ֤יhamibeliquestion particle + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: ¿ because not
Job
twenty-two uses
The old lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
- מִבְּלִי־mibeli-preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: because not
They are smashed to pieces from dawn to dusk; unnoticed, they perish forever.
- מִבְּלִ֥יmibelipreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: because not
Is tasteless food eaten without salt, or is there flavor in the white of an egg?
- מִבְּלִי־mibeli-preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: because not
Does papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Do reeds flourish without water?
- בְלִי־veli-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: not
Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur rains down on his dwelling.
- מִבְּלִיmibeli-preposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: because not
Without clothing, they spend the night naked; they have no covering against the cold.
- מִבְּלִ֣יmibelipreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: because not
Drenched by mountain rains, they huddle against the rocks for want of shelter.
- וּֽמִבְּלִ֥יumibeliconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and because not
Without clothing, they wander about naked. They carry the sheaves, but still go hungry.
- בְּלִ֣יbelinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: not
He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth upon nothing.
- בְּלִי־beli-noun · masculine singulartagged: not
A senseless and nameless brood, they were driven off the land.
- בְלִי־veli-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: not
if I have seen one perish for lack of clothing, or a needy man without a cloak,
- מִבְּלִ֣יmibelipreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: because not
if I have devoured its produce without payment or broken the spirit of its tenants,
- בְלִי־veli-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: not
‘I am pure, without transgression; I am clean, with no iniquity in me.
- בְּֽלִ֫יbelinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: not
Would I lie about my case? My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.’
- בְלִי־veli-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: not
So Job opens his mouth in vain and multiplies words without knowledge.”
- בִּבְלִי־bivli-preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: with not
But if they do not obey, then they perish by the sword and die without knowledge.
- כִּבְלִי־kivli-preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: like not
“Who is this who obscures My counsel by words without knowledge?
- בְּֽלִי־beli-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: not
Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God as they wander about for lack of food?
- לִבְלִי־livli-preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: for not
She treats her young harshly, as if not her own, with no concern that her labor was in vain.
- בְּלִי־beli-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: not
The sword that reaches him has no effect, nor does the spear or dart or arrow.
- בְּלִ֣יbelinoun · masculine singulartagged: not
Nothing on earth is his equal—a creature devoid of fear!
- לִבְלִי־livli-preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: for not
You asked, ‘Who is this who conceals My counsel without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.
- בְּֽלִ֫יbelinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: not
Psalms
four uses
Without speech or language, without a sound to be heard,
- בְּ֝לִ֗יbelinoun · masculine singulartagged: not
For no fault of my own, they move swiftly to attack me. Arise to help me, and take notice.
- בְּֽלִי־beli-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: not
O God, You are my God. Earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You. My body yearns for You in a dry and weary land without water.
- בְּלִי־beli-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: not
May the righteous flourish in his days and prosperity abound, until the moon is no more.
- בְּלִ֥יbelinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: not
Ecclesiastes
one use
He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men, yet they cannot fathom the work that God has done from beginning to end.
- מִבְּלִ֞יmibelipreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: because not
Isaiah
six uses
Therefore My people will go into exile for their lack of understanding; their dignitaries are starving and their masses are parched with thirst.
- מִבְּלִי־mibeli-preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: because not
Therefore Sheol enlarges its throat and opens wide its enormous jaws, and down go Zion’s nobles and masses, her revelers and carousers!
- לִבְלִי־livli-preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to not
It struck the peoples in anger with unceasing blows; it subdued the nations in rage with relentless persecution.
- בְּלִ֥יbelinoun · masculine singulartagged: not
For all their tables are covered with vomit; there is not a place without filth.
- בְּלִ֖יbelinoun · masculine singulartagged: not
In a little more than a year you will tremble, O secure ones. For the grape harvest will fail and the fruit harvest will not arrive.
- בְּלִ֥יbelinoun · masculine singulartagged: not
Surely for my own welfare I had such great anguish; but Your love has delivered me from the pit of oblivion, for You have cast all my sins behind Your back.
- בְּלִ֔יbelinoun · masculine singulartagged: destruction
Jeremiah
four uses
The young lions have roared at him; they have growled with a loud voice. They have laid waste his land; his cities lie in ruins, without inhabitant.
- מִבְּלִ֥יmibelipreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: because not
I will take up a weeping and wailing for the mountains, a dirge over the wilderness pasture, for they have been scorched so no one passes through, and the lowing of cattle is not heard. Both the birds of the air and the beasts have fled; they have gone away.
- מִבְּלִי־mibeli-preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: because not
“And I will make Jerusalem a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”
- מִבְּלִ֖יmibelipreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: because not
Who is the man wise enough to understand this? To whom has the mouth of the LORD spoken, that he may explain it? Why is the land destroyed and scorched like a desert, so no one can pass through it?
- מִבְּלִ֖יmibelipreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: because not
Lamentations
one use
The roads to Zion mourn, because no one comes to her appointed feasts. All her gates are deserted; her priests groan, her maidens grieve, and she herself is bitter with anguish.
- מִבְּלִי֙mibelipreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: because not
Ezekiel
two uses
Or if I send wild beasts through the land to leave it childless and desolate, with no man passing through it for fear of the beasts,
- מִבְּלִ֣יmibelipreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: because not
They were scattered for lack of a shepherd, and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild beasts.
- מִבְּלִ֣יmibelipreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: because not
Hosea
three uses
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.
- מִבְּלִ֣יmibelipreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: because not
Ephraim mixes with the nations; Ephraim is an unturned cake.
- בְּלִ֥יbelinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: not
For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. There is no standing grain; what sprouts fails to yield flour. Even if it should produce, the foreigners would swallow it up.
- בְּלִ֣יbelinoun · masculine singulartagged: not
Zephaniah
two uses
“I have cut off the nations; their corner towers are destroyed. I have made their streets deserted with no one to pass through. Their cities are laid waste, with no man, no inhabitant.
- מִבְּלִ֣יmibelipreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: because not
- מִבְּלִי־mibeli-preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: because not
Malachi
one use
Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure.
- בְּלִי־beli-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: not
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.
