בָּלָה (ba.lah) means “to become old” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: baw-law' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
בָּלָה · ba.lah · to become old
1) to wear out, become old 1a) (Qal) to wear out 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to wear out 1b2) to wear out by use, use up completely 1b3) to enjoy, use to the full Aramaic equivalent: be.la (בְּלָא "to wear out" H1080)
STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0
a primitive root; to fail; by implication to wear out, decay (causatively, consume, spend)
KJV glosses: consume, enjoy long, become (make, wax) old, spend, waste.
Open Scriptures transcription · CC BY-SA
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| wear out | 5 |
| are worn out | 1 |
| became brittle | 1 |
| he has worn away | 1 |
| i am worn out | 1 |
| oppress them | 1 |
| they spend | 1 |
| wastes away | 1 |
| will decay | 1 |
| will fully enjoy | 1 |
| will wear out | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| waxed not old | 2 |
| are become old | 1 |
| are not waxen old | 1 |
| consumeth | 1 |
| hath he made old | 1 |
| i am waxed old | 1 |
| is not waxen old | 1 |
| me lo they all shall wax old | 1 |
| shall consume | 1 |
| shall long enjoy | 1 |
| shall wax old | 1 |
| they spend | 1 |
| waste | 1 |
| waxed old | 1 |
| yea all of them shall wax old | 1 |
Page 1 of 1. 14 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
So she laughed to herself, saying, “After I am worn out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?”
Read word by wordYour clothing did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years.
Read word by wordFor forty years I led you in the wilderness, yet your clothes and sandals did not wear out.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 29.4
These wineskins were new when we filled them, but look, they are cracked. And these clothes and sandals are worn out from our very long journey.”
Read word by wordAnd I will provide a place for My people Israel and will plant them so that they may dwell in a place of their own and be disturbed no more. No longer will the sons of wickedness oppress them as they did at the beginning
Read word by wordFor forty years You sustained them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing. Their clothes did not wear out and their feet did not swell.
Read word by wordSo man wastes away like something rotten, like a moth-eaten garment.
Read word by wordWhen I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.
Read word by wordLike sheep they are destined for Sheol. Death will be their shepherd. The upright will rule them in the morning, and their form will decay in Sheol, far from their lofty abode.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 49.15
They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing You will change them, and they will be passed on.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 102.27
Surely the Lord GOD helps Me. Who is there to condemn Me? See, they will all wear out like a garment; the moths will devour them.
Read word by wordLift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth below; for the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment, and its people will die like gnats. But My salvation will last forever, and My righteousness will never fail.
Read word by wordNo longer will they build houses for others to inhabit, nor plant for others to eat. For as is the lifetime of a tree, so will be the days of My people, and My chosen ones will fully enjoy the work of their hands.
Read word by wordHe has worn away my flesh and skin; He has shattered my bones.
Read word by wordData created by www.STEPBible.org based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). STEPBible data · License.
We convert source tables to JSON, expand grammar labels and count tagged words. Greek counts use the SBL edition in TAGNT. Hebrew counts use the main reading in TAHOT, including Qere readings and restored text. Source numbering follows NRSV; alternate references appear where supplied.
Berean Standard Bible translation tables, public domain, Berean Bible. CrossWire KJV 3.1 , public domain text with Bible Foundation and KJV2003 Project tags, licensed for any purpose. Dodson Greek Lexicon , CC0. Strong’s Hebrew dictionary , Open Scriptures transcription, CC BY-SA; converted Hebrew entries retain those terms. Greek pronunciation spellings come from Strong's Greek dictionary, XML edition 1.4 , public domain.
Open in Berean Blue