# H1082 בָּלַג

בָּלַג (bâlag), Strong’s H1082: to break off or loose (in a favorable or unfavorable sense), i.e. desist (from grief) or invade (with destruction) KJV: comfort, (recover) strength(-en).. Occurs 4…

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*bâlag* — to break off or loose (in a favorable or unfavorable sense), i.e. desist (from grief) or invade (with destruction)

KJV: comfort, (recover) strength(-en).

Occurs 4 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [בָּלַג] vb. gleam, smile—only Hiph.
- 1 shew a smile, look cheerful
- 2 cause to burst or flash

## Where it occurs
- [Amos 5:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/amos/5?v=9) — who brings sudden destruction on the strong, so that destruction comes on the fortress.
- [Psalms 39:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/39?v=14) — Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go away and exist no more.”
- [Job 9:27](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/job/9?v=27) — If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad face, and cheer up,’
- [Job 10:20](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/job/10?v=20) — Aren’t my days few? Stop! Leave me alone, that I may find a little comfort,