Strong's Hebrew · H1087
H1087 bâleh
בָּלֶה
baw-leh'
old
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bâleh appears 5 times in Scripture, in Joshua 9:4, Joshua 9:5 and Ezekiel 23:43. In the Doxa app, open each of these verses, keep your notes on them, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
worn out
In the King James Version
old.
Derivation
from H1086 (בָּלָה);
Appears 5 times in Scripture
“Then I said of her who had grown old in adulteries: ‘Now let them use her as a prostitute, for that is all she is!’”
“They put worn, patched sandals on their feet and threadbare clothing on their bodies, and their whole supply of bread was dry and moldy.”
“acted deceptively and set out as envoys, carrying on their donkeys worn-out sacks and old wineskins, cracked and mended.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
