Hebrew verb · H1110
בָּלַק
balaqbaw-lak'
to waste
2 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: bâlaq
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H1110is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 39Old Testament books
- 2spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H1110
to annihilate
The King James renders it: (make) waste.
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
balaq is rendered "to waste". It stands 2 times in the Hebrew text, across two books.
- One of the uses stand in Isaiah, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Isaiah 24:1Behold, the LORD lays waste the earth and leaves it in ruins. He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants—
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
Behold, the LORD lays waste the earth and leaves it in ruins. He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants—
Isaiah 24:1וּבֽוֹלְקָ֑הּ
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- and about to devastate it1
- and devastation1
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.
All 2, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
2 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
- וּבֽוֹלְקָ֑הּ1
- וּמְבֻלָּקָ֑ה1
The grammar of each form
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · feminine singular1HC/VPsfsa
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1HC/Vqrmsc/Sp3fs
Isaiah
one use
Behold, the LORD lays waste the earth and leaves it in ruins. He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants—
- וּבֽוֹלְקָ֑הּuvolkahconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: and about to devastate it
Nahum
one use
She is emptied! Yes, she is desolate and laid waste! Hearts melt, knees knock, bodies tremble, and every face grows pale!
- וּמְבֻלָּקָ֑הumevulakahconjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · feminine singulartagged: and devastation
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 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.