Bᵉlôwʼ — H1094

Definition

masculine noun

(only in plural construction) rags

1. worn out things, rags

Usually translated as

old

Origin

or (fully) bᵉlôwy; from H1086

• Derived from Bâlâh (H1086)

Greek equivalents

• syntómōs (G4935)
• phóros (G5411)

Occurrences

Bᵉlôwʼ occurs 3 times in 2 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Jeremiah (2)

• Jeremiah 38:11 — So Ebed-melech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took thence old (בְּלוֹיֵ֣) cast clouts and old rotten rags, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah.
• Jeremiah 38:11 — So Ebed-melech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took thence old cast clouts and old (וּבְלוֹיֵ֖) rotten rags, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah.
• Jeremiah 38:12 — And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now these old (בְּלוֹאֵ֨י) cast clouts and rotten rags under thine armholes under the cords. And Jeremiah did so.