Usually translated as
without, so that no, not, none, corruption, ig, for lack of, where no...is, un
Occurrences
Bᵉlîy occurs 56 times in 55 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), Exodus (1), Deuteronomy (3), Joshua (2), 2 Samuel (1), 2 Kings (3), Job (21), Psalms (4), Ecclesiastes (1), Isaiah (6), Jeremiah (4), Lamentations (1), Ezekiel (2), Hosea (3), Zephaniah (1), Malachi (1)
- Genesis 31:20 — And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not (בְּלִי֙) that he fled.
- Exodus 14:11 — And they said unto Moses, Because (הַֽמִבְּלִ֤י) there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt?
- Deuteronomy 4:42 — That the slayer might flee thither, which should kill his neighbour unawares (בִּבְלִי), and hated him not in times past; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live:
- Deuteronomy 9:28 — Lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because the LORD was not able (מִבְּלִי֙) to bring them into the land which he promised them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness.
- Deuteronomy 28:55 — So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because (מִבְּלִ֥י) he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates.
- Joshua 20:3 — That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly (בִּבְלִי) may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
- Joshua 20:5 — And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver the slayer up into his hand; because he smote his neighbour unwittingly (בִבְלִי), and hated him not beforetime.
- 2 Samuel 1:21 — Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not (בְּלִ֖י) been anointed with oil.
- 2 Kings 1:3 — But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, Is it not because (הַֽמִבְּלִ֤י) there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to enquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron?
- 2 Kings 1:6 — And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Is it not because (הַֽמִבְּלִ֤י) there is not a God in Israel, that thou sendest to enquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.
- 2 Kings 1:16 — And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to enquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron, is it not because (הַֽמִבְּלִ֤י) there is no God in Israel to enquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not come down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.
- Job 4:11 — The old lion perisheth for lack (מִבְּלִי) of prey, and the stout lion’s whelps are scattered abroad.
- Job 4:20 — They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any (מִבְּלִ֥י) regarding it.
- Job 6:6 — Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without (מִבְּלִי) salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
- Job 8:11 — Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without (בְלִי) water?
- Job 18:15 — It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none (מִבְּלִי) of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
- Job 24:7 — They cause the naked to lodge without (מִבְּלִ֣י) clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.
- Job 24:8 — They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want (וּֽמִבְּלִ֥י) of a shelter.
- Job 24:10 — They cause him to go naked without (בְּלִ֣י) clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;
- Job 30:8 — They were children of fools, yea, children of base men (בְלִי): they were viler than the earth.
- Job 31:19 — If I have seen any perish for want (מִבְּלִ֣י) of clothing, or any poor without covering;
- Job 31:39 — If I have eaten the fruits thereof without (בְלִי) money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:
- Job 33:9 — I am clean without (בְּֽלִ֫י) transgression, I am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me.
- Job 34:6 — Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without (בְלִי) transgression.
- Job 35:16 — Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without (בִּבְלִי) knowledge.
- Job 36:12 — But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without (כִּבְלִי) knowledge.
- Job 38:2 — Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without (בְּֽלִי) knowledge?
- Job 38:41 — Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack (לִבְלִי) of meat.
- Job 39:16 — She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without (בְּלִי) fear;
- Job 41:26 — The sword of him that layeth at him cannot (בְּלִ֣י) hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.
- Job 41:33 — Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without (לִבְלִי) fear.
- Job 42:3 — Who is he that hideth counsel without (בְּֽלִ֫י) knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
- Psalms 19:3 — There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not (בְּ֝לִ֗י) heard.
- Psalms 59:4 — They run and prepare themselves without (בְּֽלִי) my fault: awake to help me, and behold.
- Psalms 63:1 — O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no (בְּלִי) water is;
- Psalms 72:7 — In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth (בְּלִ֥י).
- Ecclesiastes 3:11 — He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no (מִבְּלִ֞י) man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
- Isaiah 5:13 — Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no (מִבְּלִי) knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.
- Isaiah 5:14 — Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without (לִבְלִי) measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.
- Isaiah 14:6 — He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none (בְּלִ֥י) hindereth.
- Isaiah 28:8 — For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that there is no (בְּלִ֖י) place clean.
- Isaiah 32:10 — Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women: for the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not (בְּלִ֥י) come.
- Isaiah 38:17 — Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption (בְּלִ֔י): for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
- Jeremiah 2:15 — The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without (מִבְּלִ֥י) inhabitant.
- Jeremiah 9:10 — For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none (מִבְּלִי) can pass through them; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone.
- Jeremiah 9:11 — And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without (מִבְּלִ֖י) an inhabitant.
- Jeremiah 9:12 — Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to whom the mouth of the LORD hath spoken, that he may declare it, for what the land perisheth and is burned up like a wilderness, that none (מִבְּלִ֖י) passeth through?
- Lamentations 1:4 — The ways of Zion do mourn, because none (מִבְּלִי֙) come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitterness.
- Ezekiel 14:15 — If I cause noisome beasts to pass through the land, and they spoil it, so that it be desolate, that no man (מִבְּלִ֣י) may pass through because of the beasts:
- Ezekiel 34:5 — And they were scattered, because there is no (מִבְּלִ֣י) shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.