Dictionary
Search the dictionary or encyclopedia
Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - בֶּלַע
בֶּלַע
H1106
Transliteration: Belaʻ
Pronunciation: beh'-lah
Definition: Bela
Original: בּלע Transliteration: bela‛ Phonetic: beh'-lah
BDB Definition:
Bela = "destruction"- a king of Edom (noun proper masculine)
- first son of Benjamin (noun proper masculine)
- a son of Ahaz, a Reubenite (noun proper masculine)
- one of the five cities of the plain which was spared at the intercession of Lot, and received the name of Zoar (noun proper locative)