Definition

(as indefinitely) nothing whatever

Etymology

from H1097 (בְּלִי) and H4100 (מָה);

Word family

• בְּלִי bᵉlîy
• מָה mâh

How the KJV renders it

• nothing

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.