# בְּלִי (beli)

Israeli respelling: be-li. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H1097. 57 Old Testament occurrences.

properly, failure, i.e. nothing or destruction; usually (with preposition) without, not yet, because not, as long as, etc.

King James renderings: corruption, ig(norantly), for lack of, where no...is, so that no, none, not, un(awares), without.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/beli-h1097

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 31:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/31/20) — And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.
- [Exodus 14:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/14/11) — And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou deal…
- [Deuteronomy 4:42](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/4/42) — That the slayer might flee thither, which should kill his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in times past; and that fleeing unto one of…
- [Deuteronomy 9:28](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/9/28) — Lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, and beca…
- [Deuteronomy 19:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/19/4) — And this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither, that he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom he hated not i…
- [Deuteronomy 28:55](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/28/55) — So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and…
- [Joshua 20:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/20/3) — That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
- [Joshua 20:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/20/5) — And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver the slayer up into his hand; because he smote his neighbour unwit…
- [2 Samuel 1:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/1/21) — Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the migh…
- [2 Kings 1:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/1/3) — But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, Is it…
- [2 Kings 1:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/1/6) — And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thu…
- [2 Kings 1:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/1/16) — And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron, is it not becau…
- [Job 4:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/4/11) — The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion’s whelps are scattered abroad.
- [Job 4:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/4/20) — They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it.
- [Job 6:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/6/6) — Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
- [Job 8:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/8/11) — Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?
- [Job 18:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/18/15) — It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
- [Job 24:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/24/7) — They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.
- [Job 24:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/24/8) — They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
- [Job 24:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/24/10) — They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;
- [Job 30:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/30/8) — They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.
- [Job 31:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/31/19) — If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;
- [Job 31:39](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/31/39) — If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:
- [Job 33:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/33/9) — I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me.
- [Job 34:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/34/6) — Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression.
- [Job 35:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/35/16) — Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.
- [Job 36:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/36/12) — But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.
- [Job 38:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/38/2) — Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
- [Job 38:41](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/38/41) — Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.
- [Job 39:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/39/16) — She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;
- [Job 41:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/41/26) — The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.
- [Job 41:33](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/41/33) — Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.
- [Job 42:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/42/3) — Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew…
- [Psalms 19:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/19/3) — There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.
- [Psalms 59:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/59/4) — They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to help me, and behold.
- [Psalms 63:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/63/1) — O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no w…
- [Psalms 72:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/72/7) — In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth.
- [Ecclesiastes 3:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/3/11) — He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God ma…
- [Isaiah 5:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/5/13) — Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dri…
- [Isaiah 5:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/5/14) — Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he th…
- [Isaiah 14:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/14/6) — He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth.
- [Isaiah 28:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/28/8) — For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that there is no place clean.
- [Isaiah 32:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/32/10) — Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women: for the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come.
- [Isaiah 38:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/38/17) — Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all…
- [Jeremiah 2:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/2/15) — The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.
- [Jeremiah 9:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/9/10) — For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up…
- [Jeremiah 9:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/9/11) — And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.
- [Jeremiah 9:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/9/12) — Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to whom the mouth of the LORD hath spoken, that he may declare it, for what th…
- [Lamentations 1:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/lamentations/1/4) — The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted,…
- [Ezekiel 14:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/14/15) — If I cause noisome beasts to pass through the land, and they spoil it, so that it be desolate, that no man may pass through because of the…
- [Ezekiel 34:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/34/5) — And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.
- [Hosea 4:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/4/6) — My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest…
- [Hosea 7:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/7/8) — Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned.
- [Hosea 8:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/8/7) — 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 stran…
- [Hosea 9:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/9/16) — Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the beloved fruit…
- [Zephaniah 3:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/zephaniah/3/6) — I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made their streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed, so tha…
- [Malachi 3:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/malachi/3/10) — Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I…