בַּל bal

Hebrew word for “not” · Strong’s H1077 · used 73 times in 59 verses

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Meaning

not, hardly, else

How it is translated

Glosses given for bal in context, with how often each is used:

• not 68
• which not 5

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Psalms 10 (5), Isaiah 26 (4), Isaiah 33 (4), Psalms 16 (3), Psalms 21 (3), Psalms 17 (2), Psalms 104 (2), Psalms 140 (2), Proverbs 23 (2), Isaiah 44 (2)

Forms

• בל 64
• ובל 9

Words used with it

Words that share verses with bal more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• מוֹט mot “to shake” 14
• אֻמָּה ummah “people” 4
• תֵּבֵל tevel “world” 5
• כּוּן kun “to establish” 6
• אַף aph “also” 5
• רַע ra “bad” 7
• חָזָה chazah “to see” 4
• לֵב lev “heart” 6
• רֶשַׁע resah “wickedness” 3
• יָדַע yada “to know” 6
• רָשָׁע rasah “wicked” 4
• גֵּאוּת geut “majesty” 2

Key verses

The verses using bal that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Psalms 10:4 — The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek God is not in all his thoughts.
• Psalms 10:11 — He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.
• Psalms 17:3 — Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
• Psalms 46:5 — God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.
• Psalms 93:1 — The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it…
• Psalms 96:10 — Say among the heathen that the LORD reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously.
• Isaiah 26:10 — Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of…
• Isaiah 26:11 — LORD, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall…
• Isaiah 40:24 — Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they…
• Isaiah 44:8 — Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no…
• Isaiah 44:9 — They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know;…
• Hosea 7:2 — And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are before my face.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.