Strong H1110בָּלַק
to waste
- Transliteration
- bâlaq
- Pronunciation
- baw-lak'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Verb
Definition
A primitive root; to annihilate: - (make) waste.
Detailed definition
1) to waste, lay waste, devastate
1a) (Poel) to make waste
1b) (Pual) devastated (participle)
1a) (Poel) to make waste
1b) (Pual) devastated (participle)
In the Bible
Strong H1110 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- waste2
First verses
- Isaiah 24:1Behold, the Lord maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.
- Nahum 2:10She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness.