בָּלַק
bâlaq · H1110 · Hebrew · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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to devastate, to make desolate, to lay waste
To cause something to be totally destroyed
ExamplesIsaiah 24:1 Behold, the LORD lays the earth waste, devastates it, twists its surface, and scatters its inhabitants.
How it’s used In 2 roles
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the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- Not stated (participle) 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- הָher 1
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Near synonyms 3 words
- שָׁמֵם shâmêm · H8074 · to be desolate, to become desolate, to be deserted
- Common Hebrew verb for desolation and making waste; frequent synonym in contexts of devastation and ruin, though שָׁמֵם can emphasize the state while בָּלַק may emphasize the action of wasting
- חָרַב chârab · H2717 · to become dry, to dry up, to dry
- Hebrew verb for laying waste and making desolate; overlaps semantically with the sense of devastation and destruction, though חָרַב often carries connotations of drying up
- שָׁדַד shâdad · H7703 · to ravage, to devastate, to lay waste
- Hebrew verb for violent devastation and destruction; near synonym for making waste, though שָׁדַד often emphasizes violent ruining
Contrasting words 1 word
- בָּנָה bânâh · H1129 · to build, to rebuild, to establish
- Hebrew verb for building and constructing; lexical opposite of making waste, as building up is the opposite of laying waste or destroying
In the other Testament 2 words
- ἐρημόω erēmóō · G2049 · to be destroyed, to suffer destruction, to suffer desolation
- Greek verb for laying waste or making desolate, the standard LXX rendering for Hebrew devastation vocabulary; translational equivalent for the sense of making waste/desolate
- ἀφανίζω aphanízō · G853 · to destroy, to completely ruin, to make unsightly
- Greek verb for destruction and ruin, sometimes used for devastation; captures the sense of making waste or causing to perish
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Non-Exist002002002006
- The verb means to lay waste or devastate, as the LORD 'lays the earth waste, devastates it' in Isaiah 24:1, fitting this domain's sense of something being reduced to ruin or nonexistence.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H1110. balaq [בָּלַק] verb waste, lay waste (Assyrian balâ‡u, Pi`el destroy, LyonSargon…
[בָּלַק] verb waste, lay waste (Assyrian balâ‡u, Pi`el destroy, LyonSargon 61; compare Arabic a desert) —
Po`el Participle without מ, suffix בּוֺלְקָהּ Isa 24:1 (|| בּוֺקֵק, subject ׳י, object הארץ); — on form (which might also be Qal Participle) compare Ol§ 254 LagGN 1882, 403; also בקק Po. Jer 51:2, and intensive use of Infinitive absolute Niph`al Isa 24:3; further Punic (i.e. intensive) Participle Nah 2:11 (this however perhaps largely influenced by assonance).
Pu`al Participle מְבֻלָּקָ֑ה Nah 2:11 (ומב וּמְבוּקָה ׳בּוּקָה), devastated, or as substantive a devastated city.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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