Strong H1106H1106Aבֶּ֫לַע

Bela

One of the 4 senses of Strong H1106

Transliteration
bela‛
Pronunciation
beh'-lah
Morphology
Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person

Definition

A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.46.21;
son of: Benjamin (H1144);
brother of: Becher (H1071), Ashbel (H788), Gera (H1617), Naaman (H5283), Ehi (H278), Rosh (H7220), Muppim (H4649), Huppim (H2650H), Ard (H714), Ahiram (H297) and Jediael (H3043);
father of: Ard (H714H), Naaman (H5283H), Ezbon (H675H), Uzzi (H5813I), Uzziel (H5816I), Jerimoth (H3406), Iri (H5901), Addar (H146H), Gera (H1617I), Abihud (H31), Abishua (H50H) and Ahoah (H265)
Also named: bal.i (בַּלְעִי "Belaite" H1108)

Meaning of the name

Bela = "destruction"

General definition

The same as H1105; {Bela} the name of a {place} also of an Edomite and of two Israelites: - Bela.

In the biblical story

Bela

Son of Benjamin, head of the Belaite clan

Bela was a son of Benjamin and the head of the Belaite clan within the tribe of Benjamin.

In the Bible

Strong H1106A appears in 7 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • bela6
  • belah1

First verses

  1. Genesis 46:21
    And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.
  2. Numbers 26:38
    The sons of Benjamin after their families: of Bela, the family of the Belaites: of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites: of Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites:
  3. Numbers 26:40
    And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ardites: and of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.
  4. 1 Chronicles 7:6
    The sons of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.
  5. 1 Chronicles 7:7
    And the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour; and were reckoned by their genealogies twenty and two thousand and thirty and four.
  6. 1 Chronicles 8:1
    Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,
  7. 1 Chronicles 8:3
    And the sons of Bela were, Addar, and Gera, and Abihud,
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