Hebrew proper noun (a person) · H1106
בֶּלַע
Belabeh'-lah
Bela; Bela; Bela; Bela
14 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: Belaʻ
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H1106is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 39Old Testament books
- 11spellings
- 4meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H1106
Bela, the name of a place, also of an Edomite and of two Israelites
The King James renders it: Bela.
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
Bela is rendered "Bela; Bela; Bela; Bela". It stands 14 times in the Hebrew text, across three books.
- Seven of the uses stand in 1 Chronicles, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists four meanings for it, beginning with "Bela".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 14:2went to war against Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar).
- The Greek text spells it eleven different ways.
The first use
went to war against Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar).
Genesis 14:2בֶּ֖לַע
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Seven of the word's fourteen uses are in 1 Chronicles.
What the word means
The word carries four meanings: Bela, and Bela, and Bela, and Bela.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| BelaStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereGenesis 14:2went to war against Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah… |
| BelaStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
| BelaStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
| BelaStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Bela11
- and Bela1
- of Bela1
- to Bela1
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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| בֶּלַע | bela | swallowing | Uses2 |
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
The words it stands beside
All 14, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
11 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
- בֶּ֖לַע3
- בָּ֑לַע2
- בֶ֖לַע1
- בֶ֗לַע1
- בֶּ֤לַע1
- בֶּ֚לַע1
- בֶּ֧לַע1
- בֶּ֣לַע1
- וּבֶ֙לַע֙1
- לְבֶ֗לַע1
- לְבָ֑לַע1
The grammar of each form
- proper noun (a name)9HNpm
- proper noun (a name)2HNpl
- preposition + proper noun (a name)2HR/Npm
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1HC/Npm
Genesis
five uses
went to war against Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar).
- בֶּ֖לַעbela'proper noun (a name)tagged: Bela
Then the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) marched out and arrayed themselves for battle in the Valley of Siddim
- בֶּ֖לַעbela'proper noun (a name)tagged: Bela
Bela son of Beor reigned in Edom; the name of his city was Dinhabah.
- בֶּ֖לַעbela'proper noun (a name)tagged: Bela
When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah reigned in his place.
- בָּ֑לַעbala'proper noun (a name)tagged: Bela
The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.
- בֶּ֤לַעbela'proper noun (a name)tagged: Bela
Numbers
two uses
These were the descendants of Benjamin by their clans: The Belaite clan from Bela, the Ashbelite clan from Ashbel, the Ahiramite clan from Ahiram,
- לְבֶ֗לַעlevela'preposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: of Bela
And the descendants of Bela from Ard and Naaman were the Ardite clan from Ard and the Naamite clan from Naaman.
- בֶ֖לַעvela'proper noun (a name)tagged: Bela
1 Chronicles
seven uses
These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the Israelites: Bela son of Beor. His city was named Dinhabah.
- בֶּ֚לַעbela'proper noun (a name)tagged: Bela
When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah reigned in his place.
- בָּ֑לַעbala'proper noun (a name)tagged: Bela
Jeiel the chief, Zechariah, and Bela son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel. They settled in Aroer and as far as Nebo and Baal-meon.
- וּבֶ֙לַע֙uvela'conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Bela
The three sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, and Jediael.
- בֶּ֧לַעbela'proper noun (a name)tagged: Bela
The sons of Bela: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri, heads of their families—five in all. There were 22,034 mighty men of valor listed in their genealogies.
- בֶ֗לַעvela'proper noun (a name)tagged: Bela
Benjamin was the father of Bela, his firstborn; Ashbel was the second born, Aharah the third,
- בֶּ֣לַעbela'proper noun (a name)tagged: Bela
The sons of Bela:
- לְבָ֑לַעlevala'preposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Bela
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.