Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H1104
בָּלַע
ba.la · “to swallow up”
Used 50 times across 15 books
Definition
1) to swallow down, swallow up, engulf, eat up
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to swallow down
1a2) to swallow up, engulf
1b) (Niphal) to be swallowed up
1c) (Piel)
1c1) to swallow
1c2) to swallow up, engulf
1c3) squandering (fig.)
1d) (Pual) to be swallowed up
1e) (Hithpael) to be ended
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to swallow down
1a2) to swallow up, engulf
1b) (Niphal) to be swallowed up
1c) (Piel)
1c1) to swallow
1c2) to swallow up, engulf
1c3) squandering (fig.)
1d) (Pual) to be swallowed up
1e) (Hithpael) to be ended
Where it appears
Genesis2
Exodus2
Numbers5
Deuteronomy1
2 Samuel3
Job7
Psalms7
Proverbs3
Ecclesiastes1
Isaiah8
Jeremiah2
Lamentations5
Hosea2
Jonah1
Habakkuk1
In the text
Genesis 41:7And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.Genesis 41:24And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.Exodus 7:12For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods.Exodus 15:12Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them.Numbers 4:20But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die.Numbers 16:30But if the Lord make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the Lord.Numbers 16:32And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods.Numbers 16:34And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also.Numbers 26:10And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and they became a sign.Deuteronomy 11:6And what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben: how the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and all the substance that was in their possession, in the midst of all Israel:
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