Beli בְּלִי

Beli (Hebrew בְּלִי, Strong's H1097) is a Hebrew negative particle meaning “without”. It occurs 58 times in 57 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Beli, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

• Genesis 31:20
  And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.Moreover, Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean by not telling him that he was running away.

Exodus

• 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 dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt?They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us into the wilderness to die? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt?

Deuteronomy

• 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 these cities he might live:to which a manslayer could flee after killing his neighbor unintentionally without prior malice. To save one’s own life, he could flee to one of these cities:
• 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 because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness.Otherwise, those in the land from which You brought us out will say, ‘Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land He had promised them, and because He hated them, He has brought them out to kill them in the wilderness.’
• 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 in time past;Now this is the situation regarding the manslayer who flees to one of these cities to save his life, having killed his neighbor accidentally, without intending to harm him:
• 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 in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates.refusing to share with any of them the flesh of his children he will eat because he has nothing left in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you within all your gates.

Joshua

• 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.so that anyone who kills another unintentionally or accidentally may flee there. These will be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
• 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 unwittingly, and hated him not beforetime.Now if the avenger of blood pursues him, they must not surrender the manslayer into his hand, because that man killed his neighbor accidentally without prior malice.

2 Samuel

• 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 mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.O mountains of Gilboa, may you have no dew or rain, no fields yielding offerings of grain. For there the shield of the mighty was defiled, the shield of Saul, no longer anointed with oil.

2 Kings

• 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 not because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to enquire of Baal–zebub the god of Ekron?But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, “Go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria and ask them, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are on your way to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron?’
• 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, Thus saith the Lord, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that thou sendest to enquire of Baal–zebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.They replied, “A man came up to meet us and said, ‘Go back to the king who sent you and tell him that this is what the LORD says: Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending these men to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not get up from the bed on which you are lying. You will surely die.’”
• 2 Kings 1:16
  And he said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to enquire of Baal–zebub the god of Ekron, is it not because there is no God in Israel to enquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not come down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.And Elijah said to King Ahaziah, “This is what the LORD says: Is there really no God in Israel for you to inquire of His word? Is that why you have sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not get up from the bed on which you are lying. You will surely die.”

Job

• Job 4:11
  The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion’s whelps are scattered abroad.The old lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
• Job 4:20
  They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it.They are smashed to pieces from dawn to dusk; unnoticed, they perish forever.
• Job 6:6
  Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?Is tasteless food eaten without salt, or is there flavor in the white of an egg?
• Job 8:11
  Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?Does papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Do reeds flourish without water?
• Job 18:15
  It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur rains down on his dwelling.
• Job 24:7
  They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.Without clothing, they spend the night naked; they have no covering against the cold.
• Job 24:8
  They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.Drenched by mountain rains, they huddle against the rocks for want of shelter.
• Job 24:10
  They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;Without clothing, they wander about naked. They carry the sheaves, but still go hungry.
• Job 26:7
  He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth upon nothing.
• Job 30:8
  They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.A senseless and nameless brood, they were driven off the land.
• Job 31:19
  If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;if I have seen one perish for lack of clothing, or a needy man without a cloak,
• Job 31:39
  If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:if I have devoured its produce without payment or broken the spirit of its tenants,
• Job 33:9
  I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me.‘I am pure, without transgression; I am clean, with no iniquity in me.
• Job 34:6
  Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression.Would I lie about my case? My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.’
• Job 35:16
  Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.So Job opens his mouth in vain and multiplies words without knowledge.”
• Job 36:12
  But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.But if they do not obey, then they perish by the sword and die without knowledge.
• Job 38:2
  Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?“Who is this who obscures My counsel by words without knowledge?
• Job 38:41
  Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God as they wander about for lack of food?
• Job 39:16
  She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;She treats her young harshly, as if not her own, with no concern that her labor was in vain.
• Job 41:26
  The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.The sword that reaches him has no effect, nor does the spear or dart or arrow.
• Job 41:33
  Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.Nothing on earth is his equal— a creature devoid of fear!
• 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 not.You asked, ‘Who is this who conceals My counsel without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.

Psalms

• Psalm 19:3
  There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.Without speech or language, without a sound to be heard,
• Psalm 59:4
  They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to help me, and behold.For no fault of my own, they move swiftly to attack me. Arise to help me, and take notice.
• Psalm 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 water is;O God, You are my God. Earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You. My body yearns for You in a dry and weary land without water.
• Psalm 72:7
  In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth.May the righteous flourish in his days and prosperity abound, until the moon is no more.

Ecclesiastes

• 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 maketh from the beginning to the end.He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men, yet they cannot fathom the work that God has done from beginning to end.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 5:13
  Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.Therefore My people will go into exile for their lack of understanding; their dignitaries are starving and their masses are parched with thirst.
• 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 that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.Therefore Sheol enlarges its throat and opens wide its enormous jaws, and down go Zion’s nobles and masses, her revelers and carousers!
• 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.It struck the peoples in anger with unceasing blows; it subdued the nations in rage with relentless persecution.
• Isaiah 28:8
  For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that there is no place clean.For all their tables are covered with vomit; there is not a place without filth.
• Isaiah 32:10
  Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women: for the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come.In a little more than a year you will tremble, O secure ones. For the grape harvest will fail and the fruit harvest will not arrive.
• 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 my sins behind thy back.Surely for my own welfare I had such great anguish; but Your love has delivered me from the pit of oblivion, for You have cast all my sins behind Your back.

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 2:15
  The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.The young lions have roared at him; they have growled with a loud voice. They have laid waste his land; his cities lie in ruins, without inhabitant.
• 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, so that none can pass through them; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone.I will take up a weeping and wailing for the mountains, a dirge over the wilderness pasture, for they have been scorched so no one passes through, and the lowing of cattle is not heard. Both the birds of the air and the beasts have fled; they have gone away.
• 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.“And I will make Jerusalem a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”
• 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 the land perisheth and is burned up like a wilderness, that none passeth through?Who is the man wise enough to understand this? To whom has the mouth of the LORD spoken, that he may explain it? Why is the land destroyed and scorched like a desert, so no one can pass through it?

Lamentations

• 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, and she is in bitterness.The roads to Zion mourn, because no one comes to her appointed feasts. All her gates are deserted; her priests groan, her maidens grieve, and she herself is bitter with anguish.

Ezekiel

• 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 beasts:Or if I send wild beasts through the land to leave it childless and desolate, with no man passing through it for fear of the beasts,
• 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.They were scattered for lack of a shepherd, and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild beasts.

Hosea

• 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 to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.
• Hosea 7:8
  Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned.Ephraim mixes with the nations; Ephraim is an unturned cake.
• 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 strangers shall swallow it up.For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. There is no standing grain; what sprouts fails to yield flour. Even if it should produce, the foreigners would swallow it up.

Zephaniah

• 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 that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant.“I have cut off the nations; their corner towers are destroyed. I have made their streets deserted with no one to pass through. Their cities are laid waste, with no man, no inhabitant.

Malachi

• 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 will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).