Bâlag — H1082

Definition

verb

to break off or loose (in a favorable or unfavorable sense), i.e. desist (from grief) or invade (with destruction)

1. to gleam, smile
1. (Hiphil) only
1. to show a smile, look pleasant
2. to cause to burst

Usually translated as

comfort, strength, strengthen

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• anapaúō (G373)
• anapsýchō (G404)

Occurrences

Bâlag occurs 4 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Job (2), Psalms (1), Amos (1)

• Job 9:27 — If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort (וְאַבְלִֽיגָה) myself:
• Job 10:20 — Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort (וְאַבְלִ֥יגָה) a little,
• Psalms 39:13 — O spare me, that I may recover strength (וְאַבְלִ֑יגָה), before I go hence, and be no more.
• Amos 5:9 — That strengtheneth (הַמַּבְלִ֥יג) the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.