Strong's Lexicon

H1091

H1091 — בַּלָּהָה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewballahahnoun femOccurrences: 10TWOT: 247a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H1091
Word:בַּלָּהָה
Part of Speech:noun fem
Etymology:from H1089
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:10
Transliteration:ballahah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:bal-law-haw'
Meaning:1. alarm 2. (hence) destruction
KJV Renderings:terror, trouble.

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BDB1133

בַּלָּהָה noun feminine terror, dreadful event, calamity, destructionבַּלָּהָה Isa 17:14 plural בַּלָּהוֺת Job 18:11 + 7 t.; construct בַּלְהוֺת Job 24:17

1. only plural terrors Job 18:11; Job 27:20; Job 30:15 ׳ מֶלֶךְ בּ Job 18:14 = death, compare צַלְמָוֶת ׳ בּ Job 24:17.
2. calamity Isa 17:14, plural Ps 73:19 calamity, destruction Ezek 26:21 ; Ezek 27:36; Ezek 28:19.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

בלהה (bal-lah-hah’)

Job 18:11

KJV: Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.drive: Heb. scatter
EHCC: Terrors shall make him afraid

Job 24:17

KJV: For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.
EHCC: the terrors of the shadow of death.

Job 27:20

KJV: Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
EHCC: Terrors take hold on him

Job 30:15

KJV: Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.my soul: Heb. my principal one
EHCC: Terrors are turned upon me:

Psalms 73:19

KJV: How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
EHCC: are utterly consumed with terrors.

Isaiah 17:14

KJV: And behold at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he is not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.
EHCC: behold at eveningtide trouble;

Ezekiel 26:21

KJV: I will make thee a terror, and thou shalt be no more: though thou be sought for, yet shalt thou never be found again, saith the Lord God.a terror: Heb. terrors
EHCC: 1 will make thee a terror, and thou (shalt

Ezekiel 27:36

KJV: The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee; thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt be any more.a terror: Heb. terrorsnever…: Heb. shalt not be for ever
EHCC: thou shalt be a ¢error, (marg. terrors)

Ezekiel 28:19

KJV: All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more.a terror: Heb. terrors
EHCC: thou shalt be a terror, (marg. terrors)

Ezekiel 7:24

KJV: Wherefore I will bring the worst of the heathen, and they shall possess their houses: I will also make the pomp of the strong to cease; and their holy places shall be defiled.their holy…: or, they shall inherit their holy places
EHCC: not be lawful to impose toll, tribute, or
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