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Lexicon :: Strong's H1104 - bālaʿ

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בָּלַע
Transliteration
bālaʿ
Pronunciation
baw-lah'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 251

Strong’s Definitions

בָּלַע bâlaʻ, baw-lah'; a primitive root; to make away with (specifically by swallowing); generally, to destroy:—cover, destroy, devour, eat up, be at end, spend up, swallow down (up).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 49x

The KJV translates Strong's H1104 in the following manner: swallow ... (34x), destroy (9x), devour (3x), covered (1x), at...end (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 49x
The KJV translates Strong's H1104 in the following manner: swallow ... (34x), destroy (9x), devour (3x), covered (1x), at...end (1x).
  1. to swallow down, swallow up, engulf, eat up

    1. (Qal)

      1. to swallow down

      2. to swallow up, engulf

    2. (Niphal) to be swallowed up

    3. (Piel)

      1. to swallow

      2. to swallow up, engulf

      3. squandering (fig.)

    4. (Pual) to be swallowed up

    5. (Hithpael) to be ended

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בָּלַע bâlaʻ, baw-lah'; a primitive root; to make away with (specifically by swallowing); generally, to destroy:—cover, destroy, devour, eat up, be at end, spend up, swallow down (up).
STRONGS H1104: Abbreviations
בָּלַע verb swallow down, swallow up, engulf (idea of quickness, suddenness) (Late Hebrew id., Arabic بَلَعَ swallow, Ethiopic በልዐ፡ eat, Aramaic בְּלַע, Iflb; Assyrian bêlû, Pi. destroy ZimBP 27) —
Qal Perfect בָּלַע Job 20:15, suffix בְּלָעַנִי Jeremiah 51:34 (Qr, compare Greek Version of the LXX Kt ־נוּ); 3rd person feminine singular בָּֽלְעָה Numbers 16:30; 3rd person plural suffix בְּלָעוּנוּ Psalm 124:3; Imperfect יִבְלָ֑ע Job 20:18, וַיִּבְלַע Exodus 7:12, suffix יִבְלָעֶנָּה Isaiah 28:4; 3rd person feminine singular וַתִּבְלַע Numbers 16:32 + 2 times; suffix תִּבְלָעֵנִי Psalm 69:16, תִּבְלָעֵנוּ Numbers 16:34, וַתִּבְלָעֵם Deuteronomy 11:6, תִּבְלָעֵמוֺ Exodus 15:12; 3rd person masculine plural suffix יִבְלָעֻהוּ Hosea 8:7; 3rd person feminine plural וַתִּבְלַעְנָה Genesis 41:7, וַתִּבְלַעְןָ Genesis 41:24; 1st person plural suffix נִבְלָעֵם Proverbs 1:12; Infinitive לִבְלֹעַ Jonah 2:1; suffix בִּלְעִי Job 7:19; —
1. swallow down, with accusative Job 7:19; Isaiah 28:4, subject דָּג Jonah 2:1; subject שִׁבֳּלִים Genesis 41:7, 24; מַטֶּה Exodus 7:12.
2. swallow up, engulf, subject אֶרֶץ Exodus 15:12; Numbers 16:30, 32, 34; Numbers 26:10; Deuteronomy 11:6; Psalm 106:17; figurative of greed Job 20:15 (object חַיִל; opposed to קיא vomit); of violence, extortion Proverbs 1:12 (כִּשְׁאוֺל); of devastation by enemy Hosea 8:7; Jeremiah 51:34; Psalm 124:3; over-whelming by calamity Psalm 69:16 (subject מצולה); of full enjoyment, profit Job 20:18 (no object)
Niph. Perfect נִבְלַע Hosea 8:8, נִבְלְעוּ Isaiah 28:7; — swallowed up, i.e. devastated Hosea 8:8; engulfed by wine (yet compare Pi. Isaiah 3:12) Isaiah 28:7 (מן־היין נ׳, || שָׁגוּ בַשֵּׁכָר).
Pi. Perfect בִּלַּע Isaiah 25:8 + 3 times; וּבִלַּע consecutive Isaiah 25:7; 3rd person plural בִּלֵּ֑עוּ Isaiah 3:12; 1st person plural בִּלָּ֑עְנוּ Lamentations 2:16, suffix בִּלַּעֲנוּהוּ Psalm 35:25; Imperfect יְבַלַּ־ע Proverbs 19:28, suffix 3rd person masculine singular יְבַלְּעֶנּוּ Job 8:18; Proverbs 21:20; יְבַלְּעֵם Psalm 21:10; 3rd person feminine singular suffix 3rd person masculine singular תְּבַלְּעֶנּוּ Ecclesiastes 10:12; 2nd person masculine singular תְּבַלַּע 2 Samuel 20:19, suffix וַתְּבַלְּעֵנִי Job 10:8; 1st person singular אֲבַלַּע 2 Samuel 20:20, אֲבַלֵּ֑עַ Isaiah 19:3; Imperative בַּלַּע Psalm 55:10; Infinitive בַּלַּע Numbers 4:20; Habakkuk 1:13, בַּלֵּ֑עַ Lamentations 2:8, suffix בַּלְּעוֺ Job 2:3; Participle suffix מְבַלְּעָ֑יִךְ Isaiah 49:19; —
1. swallow Numbers 4:20 (כְּבַלַּע as a swallowing = for an instant); elsewhere
2. swallow up, engulf, usually with accusative,
a. figurative of destruction, ruin, Isaiah 3:12 (object דֶּרֶךְ); (Ba from a √ II. בלע confound, compare Di; see also Isaiah 9:15; Isaiah 19:3; Isaiah 28:7; Psalm 55:10; Psalm 107:27); subject י׳ Lamentations 2:2, 5 (twice in verse); Lamentations 2:8; Job 2:3; Job 10:8; Psalm 21:10 (|| אכל), Isaiah 19:3 (object עֵצָה), i.e. confuse, confound; so Psalm 55:10 לְשׁוֺנָם פַּלַּג אֲדֹנָי בַּלַּע confuse, Lord, divide their speech (compare בלל Genesis 11:7, 9 & see De Che); subject wicked men, enemies Psalm 35:25; Isaiah 49:19 compare Lamentations 2:16 (absolute) Habakkuk 1:13; object reflexive in sense Ecclesiastes 10:12; = annihilate Isaiah 25:7, 8;
b. literally = destroy 2 Samuel 20:19, 20 (|| הִשְׁחִית); indefinite subject Job 8:18 ממקמו יב׳;
c. figurative for greedily (seize, adopt) practise Proverbs 19:28, for extravagance, squandering Proverbs 21:20.
Pu. Imperfect יְבֻלַּע 2 Samuel 17:16, יְבֻלָּ֑ע Job 37:20; Participle מְבֻלָּעִים Isaiah 9:15; — be swallowed up, i.e. destroyed Job 37:20; compare לַמֶּלֶךְ פֶּן־יְבֻלַּע 2 Samuel 17:16 (impersonal); ruined Isaiah 9:15 (yet compare below Pi.)
Hithp. Imperfect 3rd person feminine singular תִּתְבַּלָּ֑ע Psalm 107:27 (subject חכמה) their wisdom is all gone, 'they are at their wit's end' (compare below Pi.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

11:7; 11:9; 41:7; 41:7; 41:24; 41:24

Exodus

7:12; 7:12; 15:12; 15:12

Numbers

4:20; 4:20; 16:30; 16:30; 16:32; 16:32; 16:34; 16:34; 26:10

Deuteronomy

11:6; 11:6

2 Samuel

17:16; 17:16; 20:19; 20:19; 20:20; 20:20

Job

2:3; 2:3; 7:19; 7:19; 8:18; 8:18; 10:8; 10:8; 20:15; 20:15; 20:18; 20:18; 37:20; 37:20

Psalms

21:10; 21:10; 35:25; 35:25; 55:10; 55:10; 55:10; 69:16; 69:16; 106:17; 107:27; 107:27; 124:3; 124:3

Proverbs

1:12; 1:12; 19:28; 19:28; 21:20; 21:20

Ecclesiastes

10:12; 10:12

Isaiah

3:12; 3:12; 3:12; 9:15; 9:15; 9:15; 19:3; 19:3; 19:3; 25:7; 25:7; 25:8; 25:8; 28:4; 28:4; 28:7; 28:7; 28:7; 49:19; 49:19

Jeremiah

51:34; 51:34

Lamentations

2:2; 2:5; 2:8; 2:8; 2:16; 2:16

Hosea

8:7; 8:7; 8:8; 8:8

Jonah

2:1; 2:1

Habakkuk

1:13; 1:13

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1104 matches the Hebrew בָּלַע (bālaʿ),
which occurs 49 times in 48 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:7 - The thin H1851 ears H7641 swallowed H1104 up the seven H7651 plump H1277 and full H4392 ears. H7641 Then Pharaoh H6547 awoke, H3364 and behold, H2009 it was a dream. H2472
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:24 - and the thin H1851 ears H7641 swallowed H1104 the seven H7651 good H2896 ears. H7641 Then I told H559 it to the [fn]magicians, H2748 but there H369 was no H369 one H369 who could explain H5046 it to me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:12 - For each H376 one H376 threw H7993 down H7993 his staff H4294 and they turned H1961 into serpents. H8577 But Aaron’s H175 staff H4294 swallowed H1104 up their staffs. H4294
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:12 - “You stretched H5186 out Your right H3225 hand, H3225
The earth H776 swallowed H1104 them.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:20 - but they shall not go H935 in to see H7200 the holy H6944 objects even for a moment, H1104 or they will die.” H4191
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:30 - “But if H518 the LORD H3068 [fn]brings H1254 about H1254 an entirely H1278 new H1278 thing H1278 and the ground H127 opens H6475 its mouth H6310 and swallows H1104 them up with all H3605 that is theirs, H1992 and they descend H3381 alive H2416 into [fn]Sheol, H7585 then you will understand H3045 that these H428 men H376 have spurned H5006 the LORD.” H3068
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:32 - and the earth H776 opened H6605 its mouth H6310 and swallowed H1104 them up, and their households, H1004 and all H3605 the men H120 who H834 belonged to Korah H7141 with their possessions. H7399
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:34 - All H3605 Israel H3478 who H834 were around H5439 them fled H5127 at their [fn]outcry, H6963 for they said, H559 “The earth H776 may swallow H1104 us up!”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:10 - and the earth H776 opened H6605 its mouth H6310 and swallowed H1104 them up along with Korah, H7141 when that company H5712 died, H4194 when the fire H784 devoured H398 250 H2572 H3967 men, H376 so that they became H1961 a [fn]warning. H5251
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:6 - and what H834 He did H6213 to Dathan H1885 and Abiram, H48 the sons H1121 of Eliab, H446 the son H1121 of Reuben, H7205 when the earth H776 opened H6475 its mouth H6310 and swallowed H1104 them, their households, H1004 their tents, H168 and every H3605 living H3351 thing H3351 that [fn]followed H7272 them, among H7130 all H3605 Israel H3478
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:16 - “Now H6258 therefore, send H7971 quickly H4120 and tell H5046 David, H1732 saying, H559 ‘Do not spend H3885 the night H3915 at the fords H6160 of the wilderness, H4057 but by all H1571 H5674 means H5674 cross H5674 over, H5674 or H6435 else H6435 the king H4428 and all H3605 the people H5971 who H834 are with him will be [fn]destroyed.’” H1104
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:19 - “I am of those who are peaceable H7999 and faithful H539 in Israel. H3478 You are seeking H1245 to destroy H4191 a city, H5892 even a mother H517 in Israel. H3478 Why H4100 would you swallow H1104 up the inheritance H5159 of the LORD?” H3068
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:20 - Joab H3097 replied, H6030 “Far H2486 be it, far H2486 be it from me that I should swallow H1104 up or destroy! H7843
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:3 - The LORD H3068 said H559 to Satan, H7854 “Have you [fn]considered H7760 H3820 H5921 My servant H5650 Job? H347 For there H369 is no H369 one H369 like H3644 him on the earth, H776 a blameless H8535 and upright H3477 man H376 [fn]fearing H3372 God H430 and turning H5493 away H5493 from evil. H7451 And he still H5750 holds H2388 fast H2388 his integrity, H8538 although you incited H5496 Me against him to [fn]ruin H1104 him without H2600 cause.” H2600
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:19 - [fn]Will You never H3808 turn H8159 Your gaze H8159 away from me,
Nor H3808 let H7503 me alone H7503 until H5704 I swallow H1104 my spittle? H7536
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:18 - “If H518 he is [fn]removed H1104 from his place, H4725
Then it will deny H3584 him, saying, ‘I never H3808 saw H7200 you.’
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:8 - ‘Your hands H3027 fashioned H6087 and made H6213 me [fn]altogether, H3162 H5439
And would You destroy H1104 me?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:15 - “He swallows H1104 riches, H2428
But will vomit H6958 them up;
God H410 will expel H3423 them from his belly. H990
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:18 - “He returns H7725 what H3022 he has attained H3022
And cannot H3808 swallow H1104 it;
As to the riches H2428 of his trading, H8545
He cannot H3808 even enjoy H5965 them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:20 - “Shall it be told H5608 Him that I would speak? H1696
[fn]Or H518 should a man H376 say H559 that he would be swallowed H1104 up?
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:9 - You will make H7896 them as a fiery H784 oven H8574 in the time H6256 [fn]of your anger; H6440
The LORD H3068 will swallow H1104 them up in His wrath, H639
And fire H784 will devour H398 them.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:25 - Do not let them say H559 in their heart, H3820 “Aha, H1889 our desire!” H5315
Do not let them say, H559 “We have swallowed H1104 him up!”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:9 - [fn]Confuse, H1104 O Lord, H136 divide H6385 their tongues, H3956
For I have seen H7200 violence H2555 and strife H7379 in the city. H5892
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:15 - May the [fn]flood H7641 of water H4325 not overflow H7857 me
Nor H408 the deep H4688 swallow H1104 me up,
Nor H408 the pit H875 shut H332 its mouth H6310 on me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:17 - The earth H776 opened H6605 and swallowed H1104 up Dathan, H1885
And engulfed H3680 the [fn]company H5712 of Abiram. H48
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:27 - They reeled H2287 and staggered H5128 like a drunken H7910 man, H7910
And [fn]were at their wits’ H2451 end. H1104
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:3 - Then H233 they would have swallowed H1104 us alive, H2416
When their anger H639 was kindled H2734 against us;
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:12 - Let us swallow H1104 them alive H2416 like Sheol, H7585
Even whole, H8549 as those who go H3381 down H3381 to the pit; H953
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:28 - A rascally H1100 witness H5707 makes H3887 a mockery H3887 of justice, H4941
And the mouth H6310 of the wicked H7563 [fn]spreads H1104 iniquity. H205
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:20 - There is precious H2530 treasure H214 and oil H8081 in the dwelling H5116 of the wise, H2450
But a foolish H3684 man H120 swallows H1104 it up.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:12 - Words H1697 from the mouth H6310 of a wise H2450 man H2450 are gracious, H2580 while the lips H8193 of a fool H3684 consume H1104 him;
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:12 - O My people! H5971 Their oppressors H5065 [fn]are children, H5953
And women H802 rule H4910 over them.
O My people! H5971 Those who guide H833 you lead H8582 you astray H8582
And confuse H1104 the direction H1870 of your paths. H734
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:16 - For those who guide H833 this H2088 people H5971 are leading H8582 them astray; H8582
And those who are guided H833 by them are [fn]brought H1104 to confusion. H1104
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:3 - “Then the spirit H7307 of the Egyptians H4714 will be demoralized H1238 within H7130 them;
And I will confound H1104 their strategy, H6098
So that they will resort H1875 to idols H457 and ghosts H328 of the dead H328
And to [fn]mediums H178 and spiritists. H3049
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:7 - And on this H2088 mountain H2022 He will swallow H1104 up the [fn]covering H6440 H3875 which is over H5921 all H3605 peoples, H5971
Even the veil H4541 which is [fn]stretched H5259 over H5921 all H3605 nations. H1471
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:8 - He will swallow H1104 up death H4194 for all H5331 time, H5331
And the Lord H136 [fn]GOD H3068 will wipe H4229 tears H1832 away H4229 from all H3605 faces, H6440
And He will remove H5493 the reproach H2781 of His people H5971 from all H3605 the earth; H776
For the LORD H3068 has spoken. H1696
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:4 - And the fading H5034 flower H6731 of its glorious H6643 beauty, H6643
Which H834 is at the head H7218 of the [fn]fertile H8081 valley, H1516
Will be like the first-ripe H1063 fig H1063 prior H2962 to summer, H7019
Which H834 [fn]one sees, H7200
And [fn]as soon H5750 as it is in his [fn]hand, H3709
He swallows H1104 it.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:7 - And these H428 also H1571 reel H7686 with wine H3196 and stagger H8582 from strong H7941 drink: H7941
The priest H3548 and the prophet H5030 reel H7686 with strong H7941 drink, H7941
They are confused H1104 by wine, H3196 they stagger H8582 from strong H7941 drink; H7941
They reel H7686 while [fn]having visions, H7203
They totter H6328 when rendering judgment. H6417
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:19 - “For your waste H2723 and desolate H8074 places and your destroyed H2035 land H776
Surely H3588 now H6258 you will be too H4480 cramped H6887 for the inhabitants, H3427
And those who swallowed H1104 you will be far H7368 away.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:34 - “Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894 has devoured H398 me and crushed H2000 me,
He has set H3322 me down H3322 like an empty H7386 vessel; H3627
He has swallowed H1104 me like a monster, H8577
He has filled H4390 his stomach H3770 with my delicacies; H5730
He has washed H1740 me away. H1740
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:2 - The Lord H136 has swallowed H1104 up; He has not spared H2550
All H3605 the habitations H4999 of Jacob. H3290
In His wrath H5678 He has thrown H2040 down H2040
The strongholds H4013 of the daughter H1323 of Judah; H3063
He has brought H5060 them down H5060 to the ground; H776
He has profaned H2490 the kingdom H4467 and its princes. H8269
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:5 - The Lord H136 has become H1961 like an enemy. H340
He has swallowed H1104 up Israel; H3478
He has swallowed H1104 up all H3605 its palaces, H759
He has destroyed H7843 its strongholds H4013
And multiplied H7235 in the daughter H1323 of Judah H3063
Mourning H592 and moaning. H592
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:8 - The LORD H3068 [fn]determined H2803 to destroy H7843
The wall H2346 of the daughter H1323 of Zion. H6726
He has stretched H5186 out a line, H6957
He has not restrained H7725 His hand H3027 from [fn]destroying, H1104
And He has caused rampart H2426 and wall H2346 to lament; H56
They have languished H535 together. H3162
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:16 - All H3605 your enemies H340
Have opened H6475 their mouths H6310 wide against H5921 you;
They hiss H8319 and gnash H2786 their teeth. H8127
They say, H559 “We have swallowed H1104 her up!
Surely H389 this H2088 is the day H3117 for which H7945 we waited; H6960
We have reached H4672 it, we have seen H7200 it.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:7 - For they sow H2232 the wind H7307
And they reap H7114 the whirlwind. H5492
The standing H7054 grain H7054 has H369 no H369 [fn]heads; H6780
It yields H6213 no H1097 [fn]grain. H7058
Should H194 it yield, H6213 strangers H2114 would swallow H1104 it up.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:8 - Israel H3478 is swallowed H1104 up;
They are now H6258 among the nations H1471
Like a vessel H3627 in which no H369 one H369 delights. H2656
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:17 - [fn]And the LORD H3068 appointed H4487 a great H1419 fish H1709 to swallow H1104 Jonah, H3124 and Jonah H3124 was in the stomach H4578 of the fish H1709 three H7969 days H3117 and three H7969 nights. H3915
Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:13 - Your eyes H5869 are too H4480 pure H2889 to [fn]approve H7200 evil, H7451
And You can H3201 not look H5027 on wickedness H5999 with favor.
Why H4100 do You look H5027 with favor
On those who deal H898 treacherously? H898
Why are You silent H2790 when the wicked H7563 swallow H1104 up
Those more H4480 righteous H6662 than H4480 they?
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