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1 Chronicles 5:8
“And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baal–meon:” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
בֶּלַעBelaʻ · beh'-lah
H1106 · Hebrew
H1106 · Hebrew
- Definition
- Bela, the name of a place, also of an Edomite and of two Israelites
- Derivation
- the same as H1105 (בֶּלַע);
- KJV renderings
- Bela.
- Grammar
- וּ — conjunction
- בֶ֨לַע֙ — proper noun
- Usage
- Occurs 14 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 14:2Genesis 14:8Genesis 36:32Genesis 36:33Genesis 46:21
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read בֶּלַע here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.