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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Although He had warned Solomon explicitly not to follow other gods, Solomon did not keep the LORD’s command.
Read word by wordBaasha king of Israel went to war against Judah and fortified Ramah to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the territory of Asa king of Judah.
Read word by wordSo Jehu killed everyone in Jezreel who remained of the house of Ahab, as well as all his great men and close friends and priests, leaving him without a single survivor.
Read word by wordSo the priests agreed that they would not receive money from the people and that they would not repair the temple themselves.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 12.9
They rejected His statutes and the covenant He had made with their fathers, as well as the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and became worthless themselves, going after the surrounding nations that the LORD had commanded them not to imitate.
Read word by wordHe also desecrated Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so that no one could sacrifice his son or daughter in the fire to Molech.
Read word by wordAnd Jabez called out to the God of Israel, “If only You would bless me and enlarge my territory! May Your hand be with me and keep me from harm, so that I will be free from pain.” And God granted the request of Jabez.
Read word by wordIn the thirty-sixth year of Asa’s reign, Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and fortified Ramah to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the territory of Asa king of Judah.
Read word by wordso a man lies down and does not rise. Until the heavens are no more, he will not be awakened or roused from sleep.
Read word by wordSo now, take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. Then My servant Job will pray for you, for I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken accurately about Me, as My servant Job has.”
Read word by wordNothing will remain but to crouch among the captives or fall among the slain. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
Read word by wordIt struck the peoples in anger with unceasing blows; it subdued the nations in rage with relentless persecution.
Read word by wordWho fashions a god or casts an idol which profits him nothing?
Read word by wordFor the sake of My name I will delay My wrath; for the sake of My praise I will restrain it, so that you will not be cut off.
Read word by wordThis is what the LORD says: “As the new wine is found in a cluster of grapes, and men say, ‘Do not destroy it, for it contains a blessing,’ so I will act on behalf of My servants; I will not destroy them all.
Read word by wordBut look, you keep trusting in deceptive words to no avail.
Read word by wordAnd you have done more evil than your fathers. See how each of you follows the stubbornness of his evil heart instead of obeying Me.
Read word by wordYet they would not listen or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and would not listen or receive My discipline.
Read word by wordIf, however, you listen carefully to Me, says the LORD, and bring no load through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, and keep the Sabbath day holy, and do no work on it,
Read word by wordBut if you do not listen to Me to keep the Sabbath day holy by not carrying a load while entering the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will kindle an unquenchable fire in its gates to consume the citadels of Jerusalem.’”
Read word by wordand if it does evil in My sight and does not listen to My voice, then I will relent of the good I had intended for it.
Read word by word“This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I am about to bring on this city and on all the villages around it every disaster I have pronounced against them, because they have stiffened their necks so as not to heed My words.’”
Read word by wordAnd among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns his back on wickedness. They are all like Sodom to Me; the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.”
Read word by wordNevertheless, Ahikam son of Shaphan supported Jeremiah, so he was not handed over to the people to be put to death.
Read word by wordIf they are indeed prophets and the word of the LORD is with them, let them now plead with the LORD of Hosts that the articles remaining in the house of the LORD, in the palace of the king of Judah, and in Jerusalem, not be taken to Babylon.
Read word by wordI will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never turn away from doing good to them, and I will put My fear in their hearts, so that they will never turn away from Me.
Read word by word“This is what the LORD says: If you can break My covenant with the day and My covenant with the night, so that day and night cease to occupy their appointed time,
Read word by wordthat each man should free his Hebrew slaves, both male and female, and no one should hold his fellow Jew in bondage.
Read word by wordSo all the officials and all the people who entered into this covenant agreed that they would free their menservants and maidservants and no longer hold them in bondage. They obeyed and released them,
Read word by wordAnd we have obeyed the voice of our forefather Jonadab son of Rechab in all he commanded us. So we have not drunk wine all our lives—neither we nor our wives nor our sons and daughters.
Read word by wordNor have we built houses in which to live, and we have not owned any vineyards or fields or crops.
Read word by wordThe words of Jonadab son of Rechab have been carried out. He commanded his sons not to drink wine, and they have not drunk it to this very day because they have obeyed the command of their forefather. But I have spoken to you again and again, and you have not obeyed Me!
Read word by wordEven though Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah urged the king not to burn the scroll, he would not listen to them.
Read word by wordthen tell them, ‘I was presenting to the king my petition that he not return me to the house of Jonathan to die there.’”
Read word by wordBut if you say, ‘We will not stay in this land,’ and you thus disobey the voice of the LORD your God,
Read word by wordBut they did not listen or incline their ears; they did not turn from their wickedness or stop burning incense to other gods.
Read word by wordSo now, this is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Why are you doing such great harm to yourselves by cutting off from Judah man and woman, child and infant, leaving yourselves without a remnant?
Read word by wordand say, ‘O LORD, You have promised to cut off this place so that no one will remain—neither man nor beast. Indeed, it will be desolate forever.’
Read word by wordBut if you warn the righteous man not to sin, and he does not sin, he will indeed live because he heeded your warning, and you will have saved yourself.”
Read word by wordThis is what the Lord GOD says: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit yet have seen nothing.
Read word by wordBecause you have disheartened the righteous with your lies, even though I have caused them no grief, and because you have encouraged the wicked not to turn from their evil ways to save their lives,
Read word by wordThen you prostituted yourself with the Assyrians, because you were not yet satisfied. Even after that, you were still not satisfied.
Read word by wordso that the kingdom would be brought low, unable to lift itself up, surviving only by keeping his covenant.
Read word by wordBut I acted for the sake of My name, that it should not be profaned in the eyes of the nations among whom they were living, in whose sight I had revealed Myself to Israel by bringing them out of the land of Egypt.
Read word by wordBut I acted for the sake of My name, so that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.
Read word by wordMoreover, with an uplifted hand I swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land that I had given them—a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands—
Read word by wordBut I withheld My hand and acted for the sake of My name, so that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.
Read word by wordI searched for a man among them to repair the wall and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, so that I should not destroy it. But I found no one.
Read word by wordIn order to stir up wrath and take vengeance, I have placed her blood on the bare rock, so that it would not be covered.’
Read word by wordEgypt will be the lowliest of kingdoms and will never again exalt itself above the nations. For I will diminish Egypt so that it will never again rule over the nations.
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