Without
בְּלִיStrong’s H1097beli (be-li)
Appears in 57 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Beli is the Hebrew word usually translated “not”, “because not” and “no”. It appears in 57 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.”
Meaning
- Wearing out
- Without, no, not
How it's translated
- not 23
- because not 23
- with not 4
- for not 2
- with no 1
- becasue not 1
- and because not 1
- like not 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Job 22
- Isaiah 6
- Deuteronomy 4
- Psalms 4
- Jeremiah 4
- 2 Kings 3
16 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 14:11And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt?
- Deuteronomy 4:42That the slayer might flee thither, which should kill his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in times past; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live:
- Deuteronomy 9:28Lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness.
- Deuteronomy 19:4And this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither, that he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom he hated not in time past;
- Deuteronomy 28:55So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates.
- Joshua 20:3That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
All 57 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
בְּלִי beli · without
subst 1) wearing out adv of negation 2) without, no, not
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “without” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
WITHOUT, preposition
- Not with; as without success.
- In a state of destitution or absence from.
- In a state of destitution or absence from.
- Beyond; not within.
All definitions and other forms of “without”
- Supposing the negation or omission of.
- Independent of; not by the use of.
- On the outside of; as without the gate; without doors.
- With exemption from.
- Unless; except.
WITHOUT, adverb
- Not on the inside; not within.
- Out of doors.
- Externally; not in the mind.“WITHOUT were fightings, within were fears” 2 Corinthians 7:5
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.