Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
to wear out
Usage: 1) (Pael) to wear away, wear out 1a) to harass constantly (fig.)
Bela means “wear out” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G1080 — gennao (“bear”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H1080 בְּלָא (bla') is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. bla' (bel-aw') v. 1. to afflict [(Aramaic) corresponding to H1086 (but used only in a mental sense)] It has 1 linked Bible usage across 1 book. Visible English usage signals include wear. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
bla' (bel-aw') v. 1. to afflict [(Aramaic) corresponding to H1086 (but used only in a mental sense)] KJV: wear out. Root(s): H1086
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H1080. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to wear out
Usage: 1) (Pael) to wear away, wear out 1a) to harass constantly (fig.)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render bla', taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
1 indexed usage in Old Testament.
And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
First 1 linked usage excerpt for Strong's H1080.
And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H1080, grouped by book.
Bela (Strong's H1080) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "wear out". bla' (bel-aw') v. 1. to afflict [(Aramaic) corresponding to H1086 (but used only in a mental sense)]
This page currently indexes 1 linked usage for Strong's H1080 across 1 book.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H1080 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as wear. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.