- Original: בּלג - Transliteration: Balag - Phonetic: baw-lag' - Definition: 1. to gleam, smile a. (Hiphil) only 1. to show a smile, look pleasant 2. to cause to burst - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 245 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to break off or loose (in a favorable or unfavorable sense) that is desist (from grief) or invade (with destruction): - comfort (recover) strength(-en). Total KJV Occurrences: 4 • comfort, 2 Job 9:27; Job 10:20 • strength, 1 Psalm 39:13 • strengtheneth, 1 Amos 5:9