Lexicon :: Strong's H1110 - bālaq

בָּלַק
Transliteration
bālaq
Pronunciation
baw-lak'
Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 252

Strong’s Definitions

בָּלַק bâlaq, baw-lak'; a primitive root; to annihilate:—(make) waste.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's H1110 in the following manner: waste (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's H1110 in the following manner: waste (2x).

  1. to waste, lay waste, devastate

    1. (Poel) to make waste

    2. (Pual) devastated (participle)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בָּלַק bâlaq, baw-lak'; a primitive root; to annihilate:—(make) waste.
STRONGS H1110: Abbreviations
† [בָּלַק] verb waste, lay waste (Assyrian balâḳu, Pi. destroy, LyonSargon 61; compare Arabic a desert) —
Po`el Participle without מ, suffix בּוֺלְקָהּ Isaiah 24:1 (|| בּוֺקֵק, subject י׳, object הארץ); — on form (which might also be Qal Participle) compare Ol§ 254 LagGN 1882, 403; also בקק Po. Jeremiah 51:2, and intensive use of Infinitive absolute Niph. Isaiah 24:3; further Punic (i.e. intensive) Participle Nahum 2:11 (this however perhaps largely influenced by assonance).
Pu. Participle מְבֻלָּקָ֑ה Nahum 2:11 (בּוּקָה וּמְבוּקָה ומב׳), devastated, or as substantive a devastated city.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Isaiah

24:1; 24:3

Jeremiah

51:2

Nahum

2:11; 2:11