- Original: בּלק - Transliteration: Balaq - Phonetic: baw-lak' - Definition: 1. to waste, lay waste, devastate a. (Poel) to make waste b. (Pual) devastated (participle) - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 252 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to annihilate: - (make) waste. Total KJV Occurrences: 2 • waste, 2 Isaiah 24:1; Nahum 2:10