To wear out
בְּלָאStrong’s H1086bela (be-la)
Appears in 14 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Bela is the Hebrew word usually translated “it wore out”, “wore out” and “wear out”. It appears in 14 verses of the Old Testament.
“Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?”
Meaning
- (Pael) to wear away, wear outto harass constantly (fig.)
How it's translated
- it wore out 2
- they wore out 2
- they will wear out 2
- am worn out i 1
- they have worn out 1
- to consume it 1
- he wears out 1
- they became worn out 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 3
- Isaiah 3
- Deuteronomy 2
- Genesis 1
- Joshua 1
- 1 Chronicles 1
9 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Deuteronomy 8:4Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.
- Deuteronomy 29:5And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot.
- Joshua 9:13And these bottles of wine, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they be rent: and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey.
- 1 Chronicles 17:9Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the beginning,
- Nehemiah 9:21Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not.
- Job 13:28And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.
Hebrew dictionary
בְּלָא bela · to wear out
1) (Pael) to wear away, wear out 1a) to harass constantly (fig.)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.