בִּלְתִּי (bil.ti) means “lest” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: bil-tee' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
בִּלְתִּי · bil.ti · lest
subst 1) not, except adv 2) not 3) except (after preceding negation) conj 4) except (after an implied or expressed negation) with prep 5) so as not, in order not 6) an account of not, because...not 7) until not
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constructive feminine of H1086 (בָּלָה) (equivalent to H1097 (בְּלִי)); properly, a failure of, i.e. (used only as a negative particle, usually with a prepositional prefix) not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until, etc.
KJV glosses: because un(satiable), beside, but, [phrase] continual, except, from, lest, neither, no more, none, not, nothing, save, that no, without.
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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 |
|---|---|
| not | 12 |
| no | 8 |
| vvv | 4 |
| from | 3 |
| nothing | 3 |
| so that it would not | 3 |
| without | 3 |
| again unless | 2 |
| by not | 2 |
| except | 2 |
| refusing | 2 |
| so that no | 2 |
| so that no one | 2 |
| that i would not | 2 |
| about it until today | 1 |
| and do not | 1 |
| and does not | 1 |
| and fail | 1 |
| and had not | 1 |
| and he will not | 1 |
| and neglect | 1 |
| and no | 1 |
| and no longer | 1 |
| and not | 1 |
| and that they would not | 1 |
| and will not | 1 |
| and would not | 1 |
| are no more | 1 |
| because you have not | 1 |
| because you were not yet | 1 |
| besides me | 1 |
| besides you | 1 |
| but | 1 |
| by failing | 1 |
| by refusing | 1 |
| cease | 1 |
| has not | 1 |
| i will not | 1 |
| instead of | 1 |
| less than | 1 |
| may not | 1 |
| never | 1 |
| nor have we | 1 |
| not one except | 1 |
| not to | 1 |
| nothing will remain | 1 |
| or stop | 1 |
| other than | 1 |
| so as not | 1 |
| so he was not | 1 |
| so that he would not | 1 |
| so that i should not | 1 |
| so that i will be free | 1 |
| so that it will never again | 1 |
| so that nothing | 1 |
| so that they do not | 1 |
| so that they will never | 1 |
| so that you will not | 1 |
| so we have not | 1 |
| so you are not | 1 |
| that he not | 1 |
| that it should not | 1 |
| that they would not | 1 |
| to keep | 1 |
| to make him ceremonially unclean | 1 |
| to no | 1 |
| unable | 1 |
| until no | 1 |
| why did you fail | 1 |
| will not | 1 |
| with unceasing | 1 |
| without a single | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| except | 2 |
| lest | 2 |
| no | 2 |
| not | 2 |
| without | 2 |
| because | 1 |
| beside me | 1 |
| but | 1 |
| for nothing | 1 |
| from | 1 |
| him not | 1 |
| in not | 1 |
| neither | 1 |
| no more | 1 |
| none beside | 1 |
| nothing | 1 |
| nothing at all beside | 1 |
| save | 1 |
| that no | 1 |
| that thou shouldest not | 1 |
| to the intent that | 1 |
| until there was none | 1 |
| was not | 1 |
| with a continual | 1 |
| without me they shall | 1 |
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“Who told you that you were naked?” asked the LORD God. “Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?”
Read word by word“Not so!” replied the LORD. “If anyone slays Cain, then Cain will be avenged sevenfold.” And the LORD placed a mark on Cain, so that no one who found him would kill him.
Read word by word“Very well,” he answered, “I will grant this request as well, and will not demolish the town you indicate.
Read word by wordAbimelech replied, “I do not know who has done this. You did not tell me, so I have not heard about it until today.”
Read word by wordBut Onan knew that the offspring would not belong to him; so whenever he would sleep with his brother’s wife, he would spill his seed on the ground so that he would not produce offspring for his brother.
Read word by wordBut Judah replied, “The man solemnly warned us, ‘You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.’
Read word by wordBut if you will not send him, we will not go; for the man told us, ‘You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.’”
Read word by wordWhen that year was over, they came to him the second year and said, “We cannot hide from our lord that our money is gone and all our livestock belongs to you. There is nothing left for our lord except our bodies and our land.
Read word by wordBut on that day I will give special treatment to the land of Goshen, where My people live; no swarms of flies will be found there. In this way you will know that I, the LORD, am in the land.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 8.18
“As soon as I leave you,” Moses said, “I will pray to the LORD, so that tomorrow the swarms of flies will depart from Pharaoh and his officials and his people. But Pharaoh must not act deceitfully again by refusing to let the people go and sacrifice to the LORD.”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 8.25
Still, you lord it over My people and do not allow them to go.
Read word by word“Do not be afraid,” Moses replied. “For God has come to test you, so that the fear of Him may be before you, to keep you from sinning.”
Read word by wordIf anyone sacrifices to any god other than the LORD alone, he must be set apart for destruction.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 22.19
You must keep My charge not to practice any of the abominable customs that were practiced before you, so that you do not defile yourselves by them. I am the LORD your God.”
Read word by wordAnd if the people of the land ever hide their eyes and fail to put to death the man who gives one of his children to Molech,
Read word by wordand if you reject My statutes, despise My ordinances, and neglect to carry out all My commandments, and so break My covenant,
Read word by wordand said to Moses, “We are unclean because of a dead body, but why should we be excluded from presenting the LORD’s offering with the other Israelites at the appointed time?”
Read word by wordBut now our appetite is gone; there is nothing to see but this manna!”
Read word by word‘Because the LORD was unable to bring this people into the land He swore to give them, He has slaughtered them in the wilderness.’
Read word by wordSo they struck down Og, along with his sons and his whole army, until no remnant was left. And they took possession of his land.
Read word by wordFor when your fathers went up to the Valley of Eshcol and saw the land, they discouraged the Israelites from entering the land that the LORD had given them.
Read word by wordnot one except Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua son of Nun—because they did follow the LORD wholeheartedly.’
Read word by wordSo the LORD our God also delivered Og king of Bashan and his whole army into our hands. We struck them down until no survivor was left.
Read word by wordThe LORD, however, was angry with me on account of you, and He swore that I would not cross the Jordan to enter the good land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.
Read word by wordBe careful not to forget the LORD your God by failing to keep His commandments and ordinances and statutes, which I am giving you this day.
Read word by wordOnly be sure not to eat the blood, because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.
Read word by wordBut the man who acts presumptuously, refusing to listen either to the priest who stands there to serve the LORD your God, or to the judge, must be put to death. You must purge the evil from Israel.
Read word by wordThen his heart will not be exalted above his countrymen, and he will not turn aside from the commandment, to the right or to the left, in order that he and his sons may reign many years over his kingdom in Israel.
Read word by wordFor the Israelites had wandered in the wilderness forty years, until all the nation’s men of war who had come out of Egypt had died, since they did not obey the LORD. So the LORD vowed never to let them see the land He had sworn to their fathers to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.
Read word by wordMeanwhile, those in the ambush came out of the city against them, and the men of Ai were trapped between the Israelite forces on both sides. So Israel struck them down until no survivor or fugitive remained.
Read word by wordAt that time Horam king of Gezer went to help Lachish, but Joshua struck him down along with his people, leaving no survivors.
Read word by wordand the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who struck them down and pursued them all the way to Greater Sidon and Misrephoth-maim, and eastward as far as the Valley of Mizpeh. They struck them down, leaving no survivors.
Read word by wordNo city made peace with the Israelites except the Hivites living in Gibeon; all others were taken in battle.
Read word by wordFor it was of the LORD to harden their hearts to engage Israel in battle, so that they would be set apart for destruction and would receive no mercy, being annihilated as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Read word by wordFor the LORD has made the Jordan a border between us and you Reubenites and Gadites. You have no share in the LORD!’ So your descendants could cause ours to stop fearing the LORD.
Read word by wordBe very strong, then, so that you can keep and obey all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, not turning aside from it to the right or to the left.
Read word by wordSo you are not to associate with these nations that remain among you. You must not call on the names of their gods or swear by them, and you must not serve them or bow down to them.
Read word by wordThat is why the LORD had left those nations in place and had not driven them out immediately by delivering them into the hand of Joshua.
Read word by wordHis friend replied: “This is nothing less than the sword of Gideon son of Joash, the Israelite. God has delivered Midian and the whole camp into his hand.”
Read word by wordThen the men of Ephraim said to Gideon, “Why have you done this to us? Why did you fail to call us when you went to fight against Midian?” And they contended with him violently.
Read word by wordWhat should we do about wives for the survivors, since we have sworn by the LORD not to give them our daughters in marriage?”
Read word by wordwould you wait for them to grow up? Would you refrain from having husbands? No, my daughters, it is much more bitter for me than for you, because the hand of the LORD has gone out against me.”
Read word by wordLet your eyes be on the field they are harvesting, and follow along after these girls. Indeed, I have ordered the young men not to touch you. And when you are thirsty, go and drink from the jars the young men have filled.”
Read word by wordThen Boaz said, “May the LORD bless you, my daughter. You have shown more kindness now than before, because you have not run after the younger men, whether rich or poor.
Read word by wordThere is no one holy like the LORD. Indeed, there is no one besides You! And there is no Rock like our God.
Read word by wordSaul said nothing that day because he thought, “Something has happened to David to make him ceremonially unclean—surely he is unclean.”
Read word by wordNow the whole clan has risen up against your maidservant and said, ‘Hand over the one who struck down his brother, that we may put him to death for the life of the brother whom he killed. Then we will cut off the heir as well!’ So they would extinguish my one remaining ember by not preserving my husband’s name or posterity on the earth.”
Read word by wordThe woman asked, “Why have you devised a thing like this against the people of God? When the king says this, does he not convict himself, since he has not brought back his own banished son?
Read word by wordFor we will surely die and be like water poured out on the ground, which cannot be recovered. Yet God does not take away a life, but He devises ways that the banished one may not be cast out from Him.
Read word by wordThe bottom floor was five cubits wide, the middle floor six cubits, and the third floor seven cubits. He also placed offset ledges around the outside of the temple, so that nothing would be inserted into its walls.
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