Strong's Concordance
Original word: בָּלָה
Transliteration: balah
Definition (short): wear
Definition (full): to fail, to wear out, decay
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin: a prim. root
Definition: to become old, wear out
NASB Translation: become old (1), consume (1), decaying (1), spend (1), waste (1), waste away (1), wasted away (1), wear (6), worn (3).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
A primitive root; to fail; by implication to wear out, decay (causatively, consume, spend) -- consume, enjoy long, become (make, wax) old, spend, waste.
References
KJV:
Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?
NASB:
Sarah laughed to herself, saying, "After I have become old, shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?"
KJV:
Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.
NASB:
"Your clothing did not wear out on you, nor did your foot swell these forty years.
KJV:
And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot.
NASB:
"I have led you forty years in the wilderness; your clothes have not worn out on you, and your sandal has not worn out on your foot.
KJV:
And these bottles of wine, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they be rent: and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey.
NASB:
"These wineskins which we filled were new, and behold, they are torn; and these our clothes and our sandals are worn out because of the very long journey."