Definition
from H1086; properly, failure, i.e. nothing or destruction; usually (with preposition) without, not yet, because not, as long as, etc.
Traditional renderings: corruption, ig(norantly), for lack of, where no...is, so that no, none, not, un(awares), without.
Traditional renderings: corruption, ig(norantly), for lack of, where no...is, so that no, none, not, un(awares), without.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders בְּלִי:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
59 total
- Ezekiel 14:15מִבְּלִ֣י · with no manOr 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,
- Ezekiel 34:5מִבְּלִ֣י · for lack ofThey were scattered for lack of a shepherd, and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild beasts.
- Hosea 4:6מִבְּלִ֣י · for lackMy 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.
- Hosea 7:8בְּלִ֥יEphraim mixes with the nations; Ephraim is an unturned cake.
- Hosea 8:7בְּלִ֣י · failsFor 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.
- Hosea 9:16בְלִיEphraim is struck down; their root is withered; they cannot bear fruit. Even if they bear children, I will slay the darlings of their wombs.
- Zephaniah 3:6מִבְּלִ֣י · with no one; מִבְּלִי־ · with no“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.
- Malachi 3:10בְּלִי־ · withoutBring 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.