בִּלְתִּי

Strong’s Definition

properly, a failure of, i.e. (used only as a negative particle, usually with a prepositional prefix) not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until, etc.

Etymology & Derivation

constructive feminine of H1086 (בָּלָה) (equivalent to H1097 (בְּלִי));

KJV Usage

because un(satiable), beside, but, [phrase] continual, except, from, lest, neither, no more, none, not, nothing, save, that no, without.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

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

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: biltîy; Pronunciation: bil-tee'