The meaning of “בָּלַג”

Understanding bâlag reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.

H1082

Hebrew Text

Strong's Concordance

בָּלַג

Phoneticbaw-lag'

Transliterationbâlag

Grammar Code

H:V

Hebrew Verb

Strong's Definition

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

comfort, (recover) strength(-en). - to break off or loose (in a favorable or unfavorable sense), i.e. desist (from grief) or invade (with destruction) 1) to gleam, smile 1a) (Hiphil) only 1a1) to show a smile, look pleasant 1a2) to cause to burst

Scripture References

Occurrences in the Bible

4 total references

Reference	Text
Job 9:27	“If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:”
Job 10:20	“Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,”
Psalms 39:13	“O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more. ”
Amos 5:9	“That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.”