Strong's Lexicon

H1103

H1103 — בָּלַס

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

Hebrewbalacverb-stemOccurrences: 1TWOT: 250

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H1103
Word:בָּלַס
Part of Speech:verb-stem
Etymology:a primitive root
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:1
Transliteration:balac
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:baw-las'
Meaning:1. to pinch sycamore figs (a process necessary to ripen them)
KJV Renderings:gatherer.

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[בָּלַס] verb denominative gather figs, tend fig-trees, sycamores ( ᵐ5 κνίζων, ᵑ9 vellicans, probably properly to nip the sycamore fruit to fit it for eating, see TristrNat. Hist. Bib. 399 Boii. cap. 39, p. 383 f.; Theodoret in FiHexapl. on the passage Theophriv. 2) —

Qal Participle בּוֺלֵס, Amos 7:14 שִׁקְמִים ׳ בּ.


Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

בלס (bah-las’)

Amos 7:14

KJV: Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet’s son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit:sycomore…: or, wild figs
EHCC: and a gatherer of sycomore fruit:

Numbers 16:30

KJV: But if the Lord make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the Lord.make…: Heb. create a creature
EHCC: and swallow them xp,

Job 20:15

KJV: He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.
EHCC: He hath swallowed down riches,

Psalms 124:3

KJV: Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:
EHCC: Then they had swallowed us up

Jeremiah 51:34

KJV: Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.
EHCC: he hath swallowed me up like a dragon,

Job 7:19

KJV: How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
EHCC: till J swallow down my spittle?

Jonah 1:17

KJV: Now the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.belly: Heb. bowels
EHCC: (2:1).a great fish to swallow xp Jonah.

Exodus 7:12

KJV: For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods.
EHCC: bu¢ Aaron's rod swallowed up

Exodus 15:12

KJV: Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them.
EHCC: the earth swallowed them,

Numbers 16:32

KJV: And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods.
EHCC: and swallowed them up,

Job 20:18

KJV: That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein.his…: Heb. the substance of his exchange
EHCC: shall not swallow (it) down:

Psalms 69:15

KJV: Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
EHCC: ( 16). neither det the deep swallow me xp,

Psalms 106:17

KJV: The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.
EHCC: and swallowed up Dathan,

Proverbs 1:12

KJV: Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
EHCC: Let us swallow them up alive

Isaiah 28:4

KJV: And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.eateth: Heb. swalloweth
EHCC: yet in his hand he eateth it .מש (1 .

Hosea 8:7

KJV: For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.stalk: or, standing corn
EHCC: the strangers shall swallow it up.

Isaiah 28:7

KJV: But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.
EHCC: they are swallowed up of wine,

Hosea 8:8

KJV: Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.
EHCC: Israel is swallowed up:

Psalms 95:25

EHCC: We have swallowed him wp.

Isaiah 3:12

KJV: As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.lead…: or, call thee blesseddestroy: Heb. swallow up
EHCC: destroy the way of thy paths, ¢marg.

Lamentations 3:8

KJV: Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
EHCC: withdrawn his hand f= destroying :

Habakkuk 1:13

KJV: Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?iniquity: or, grievance
EHCC: when the wicked devour oereth

Psalms 83:9

KJV: Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison:
EHCC: (10). Destroy, O Lord, (and) divide

Job 8:18

KJV: If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.
EHCC: If he destroy him from Tis place,

Psalms 21:9

KJV: Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the Lord shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.
EHCC: (10).the Lord swallow them up

Isaiah 49:19

KJV: For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away.
EHCC: they that sacallowed thee up

Isaiah 9:16

KJV: For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.the leaders: or, they that call them blessedled of: or, called blessed ofdestroyed: Heb. swallowed up
EHCC: (15).led of them (are) destroyed. (marg. .14
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