Bilti בִּלְתִּי

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Bilti
בִּלְתִּי
Transliterationbilti
Strong's numberH1115
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechconditional particle
Glosslest
Occurrences112 in 107 verses
Most frequent inJeremiah (23)

Bilti (Hebrew בִּלְתִּי, Strong's H1115) is a Hebrew conditional particle meaning “lest”. It occurs 112 times in 107 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

subst
1) not, except
adv
2) not
3) except (after preceding negation)
conj
4) except (after an implied or expressed negation)
with prep
5) so as not, in order not
6) an account of not, because...not
7) until not

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

Translated as

KJVnot (6), no (3), lest (2), except (2), beside (2), without (2), nothing (2), save (1), none (1), neither (1), more (1), shall (1), and 3 other renderings
BSBnot (17), no (12), nothing (4), without (4), refusing (3), it would not (3), no one (2), will not (2), again unless (2), except (2), i would not (2), they would not (2), and 45 other renderings

Verses

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

Genesis

Exodus

Leviticus

Numbers

Deuteronomy

Joshua

Judges

Ruth

1 Samuel

2 Samuel

1 Kings

2 Kings

1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles

Job

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Ezekiel

Daniel

Hosea

Amos

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).
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