בָּלַג
balag · brighten, take comfort
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H1082 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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balag (בָּלַג) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “brighten, take comfort”.
To let go, to break loose; of the spirit, to recover breath, to cheer up, to leave off sorrow.
How to say it
ba·lag
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Recover a cheerful face.
- To make flash, like lightning.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- brighten up ×2
- I may smile ×1
- one who makes destruction flash ×1
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Job 9:27
If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint; I will put away my sad face and brighten up,’
- Job 10:20
Are not my days few? So cease, and turn away from me, that I may brighten up a little,
- Psalms 39:13
Look away from me, that I may smile before I go and am no more.
- Amos 5:9
The one who makes destruction flash against the strong, and destruction comes against the fortress.