Strong H1115בִּלְתִּי

lest

Transliteration: biltîy
Pronunciation: bil-tee'
Morphology: Hebrew Conditional

Definition

Constructive feminine of H1086 (equivalent to H1097); properly a failure {of} that {is} (used only as a negative {particle} usually with prepositional prefix) {not} except 6
{without} unless 6
{besides} because {not} {until } etc.: - because {un[satiable]} {beside} {but} + {continual} {except} {from} {lest} {neither} no {more} {none} {not} {nothing} {save} that {no} without.

Detailed definition

STEP sense: lest

Exact lexical definition: failure

Part of speech: particle

BDB context: בֵ֫לֶת subst . prop. failure , hence used as particle of negation , not , except adv . not after a preceding negation, not = except conj . (likewise after a neg., expressed or implied) With preps.

In the Bible

Strong H1115 appears in 29 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

not4
nothing3
except2
lest2
no2
none2
without2
be1
because1
but1
continual1
from1

First verses

Genesis 3:11
And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
Genesis 4:15
And the Lord said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the Lord set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.
Genesis 21:26
And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to day.
Genesis 38:9
And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother’s wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother.
Genesis 43:3
And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.
Exodus 8:22
And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that I am the Lord in the midst of the earth.
Exodus 8:29
And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will intreat the Lord that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, to morrow: but let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the Lord.
Exodus 22:20
He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the Lord only, he shall be utterly destroyed.
Leviticus 20:4
And if the people of the land do any ways hide their eyes from the man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and kill him not:
Numbers 11:6
But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes.
Numbers 14:16
Because the Lord was not able to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness.
Numbers 21:35
So they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until there was none left him alive: and they possessed his land.
Joshua 22:25
For the Lord hath made Jordan a border between us and you, ye children of Reuben and children of Gad; ye have no part in the Lord: so shall your children make our children cease from fearing the Lord.
Judges 2:23
Therefore the Lord left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.
Ruth 3:10
And he said, Blessed be thou of the Lord, my daughter: for thou hast shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich.
1 Samuel 2:2
There is none holy as the Lord: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God.
1 Samuel 20:26
Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean.
2 Kings 12:8
And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people, neither to repair the breaches of the house.
2 Chronicles 16:1
In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah, and built Ramah, to the intent that he might let none go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.
Job 14:12
So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.

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