Strong's Definition
a primitive root; to fail; by implication to wear out, decay (causatively, consume, spend)
KJV Usage: consume, enjoy long, become (make, wax) old, spend, waste
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
בָּלָה (ba.lah) — to become old. 1) to wear out, become old 1a) (Qal) to wear out 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to wear out 1b2) to wear out by use, use up completely 1b3) to enjoy, use to the full Aramaic equivalent: be.la (בְּלָא "to wear out" H1080)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · בַּל · בָּלֶה · בְּלֹוי · בְּלִי · בְּלִיַּעַל · בִּלְתִּי · תַּבְלִית
Impact | verb qal
to wear out, to become worn out, to waste away = process by which objects lose their quality and strength due to continued use; ≈ used figuratively to denote the loss of a person's vitality
GEN 18:12 · DEU 8:4 · DEU 29:4 · DEU 29:4 · JOS 9:13 · NEH 9:21 · PSA 32:3
Non-Exist | ≈ אבד · מלח | ≠ עמד
to wear out, to waste away = to gradually disappear from existence ◄ like a cloth that slowly wears out and finally falls apart
JOB 13:28 · PSA 102:27 · ISA 50:9 · ISA 51:6 · ISA 64:5
1 JOB 21:13 MT-K יבלו | MT-Q יְכַלּוּ = כלל
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[בָּלָה] vb. become old and worn out Qal wear out
Pi. caus. of Qal. wear out (trans.)
wear out by use, use to the full, enjoy
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