Quick Definition
to waste
Strong's Definition
to annihilate
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: (make) waste.
TWOT Reference: 252
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) to waste, lay waste, devastate
1a) (Poel) to make waste
1b) (Pual) devastated (participle)
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
1) to waste, lay waste, devastate
1a) (Poel) to make waste
1b) (Pual) devastated (participle)
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
בָּלַק
bâlaq
BDB Definition:
1) to waste, lay waste, devastate
1a) (Poel) to make waste
1b) (Pual) devastated (participle)
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 252
Total KJV Occurrences: 2