Be cheerful
בָּלַגStrong’s H1082balag (ba-lag)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Balag is the Hebrew word usually translated “cheerful”, “so i may be cheerful” and “so let me be cheerful”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:”
Meaning
- To gleam, smile(Hiphil) only
How it's translated
- and i will be cheerful 1
- so i may be cheerful 1
- so let me be cheerful 1
- the causes to flash 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Job 2
- Psalms 1
- Amos 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
בָּלַג balag · be cheerful
1) to gleam, smile 1a) (Hiphil) only 1a1) to show a smile, look pleasant 1a2) to cause to burst
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “cheerful” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CHEERFUL, adjective
- Lively; animated; having good spirits; moderately joyful.
- Full of life; gay; animated; mirthful; musical; as the cheerful birds.
- Expressive of good spirits or joy; lively; animated.“A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance” Proverbs 15:13
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.