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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
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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

H1104

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1104 matches the Hebrew בָּלַע (bālaʿ),
which occurs 50 times in 48 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:7 - devorantes omnem priorum pulchritudinem evigilans post quietem

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:24 - quae priorum pulchritudinem devorarunt narravi coniectoribus somnium et nemo est qui edisserat

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:12 - proieceruntque singuli virgas suas quae versae sunt in dracones sed devoravit virga Aaron virgas eorum

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 15:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:12 - extendisti manum tuam et devoravit eos terra

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:20 - alii nulla curiositate videant quae sunt in sanctuario priusquam involvantur alioquin morientur

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:30 - sin autem novam rem fecerit Dominus ut aperiens terra os suum degluttiat eos et omnia quae ad illos pertinent descenderintque viventes in infernum scietis quod blasphemaverint Dominum

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:32 - et aperiens os suum devoravit illos cum tabernaculis suis et universa substantia

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:34

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:34 - at vero omnis Israhel qui stabat per gyrum fugit ad clamorem pereuntium dicens ne forte et nos terra degluttiat

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:10 - et aperiens terra os suum devoravit Core morientibus plurimis quando conbusit ignis ducentos quinquaginta viros et factum est grande miraculum

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:6 - et Dathan atque Abiram filiis Heliab qui fuit filius Ruben quos aperto ore suo terra absorbuit cum domibus et tabernaculis et universa substantia eorum quam habebant in medio Israhelis

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:16 - nunc ergo mittite cito et nuntiate David dicentes ne moremini nocte hac in campestribus deserti sed absque dilatione transgredere ne forte absorbeatur rex et omnis populus qui cum eo est

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:19 - nonne ego sum quae respondeo veritatem Israhel et tu quaeris subruere civitatem et evertere matrem in Israhel quare praecipitas hereditatem Domini

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:20 - respondensque Ioab ait absit absit hoc a me non praecipito neque demolior

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:3 - et dixit Dominus ad Satan numquid considerasti servum meum Iob quod non sit ei similis in terra vir simplex et rectus timens Deum ac recedens a malo et adhuc retinens innocentiam tu autem commovisti me adversus eum ut adfligerem illum frustra

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:19 - usquequo non parces mihi nec dimittis me ut gluttiam salivam meam

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 8:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:18 - si absorbuerit eum de loco suo negabit eum et dicet non novi te

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:8 - manus tuae plasmaverunt me et fecerunt me totum in circuitu et sic repente praecipitas me

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:15 - divitias quas devoravit evomet et de ventre illius extrahet eas Deus

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:18 - luet quae fecit omnia nec tamen consumetur iuxta multitudinem adinventionum suarum sic et sustinebit

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:20 - quis narrabit ei quae loquor etiam si locutus fuerit homo devorabitur

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 21:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:9 - [Vulgate 20:10] pones eos ut clibanum ignis in tempore vultus tui Dominus in furore suo praecipitabit eos et devorabit eos ignis

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:25 - [Vulgate 34:25] ne dicant in corde suo va va va animae nostrae ne dicant absorbuimus eum

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:9 - [Vulgate 54:10] praecipita Domine divide linguas eorum quoniam vidi iniquitatem et contradictionem in civitate

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:15 - [Vulgate 68:16] ne operiat me fluvius aquae et ne absorbeat me profundum et non coronet super me puteus os suum

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:17 - [Vulgate 105:17] aperta est terra et devoravit Dathan et operuit synagogam Abiram

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:27 - [Vulgate 106:27] obstipuerunt et intremuerunt quasi ebrius et universa sapientia eorum absorta est

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 124:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:3 - [Vulgate 123:3] forsitan vivos absorbuissent nos cum irasceretur furor eorum super nos

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:12 - degluttiamus eum sicut infernus viventem et integrum quasi descendentem in lacum

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:28 - testis iniquus deridet iudicium et os impiorum devorat iniquitatem

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:20 - thesaurus desiderabilis et oleum in habitaculo iusti et inprudens homo dissipabit illud

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:12 - verba oris sapientis gratia et labia insipientis praecipitabunt eum

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:12 - populum meum exactores sui spoliaverunt et mulieres dominatae sunt eius popule meus qui beatum te dicunt ipsi te decipiunt et viam gressuum tuorum dissipant

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:16 - et erunt qui beatificant populum istum seducentes et qui beatificantur praecipitati

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:3 - et disrumpetur spiritus Aegypti in visceribus eius et consilium eius praecipitabo et interrogabunt simulacra sua et divinos suos et pythones et ariolos

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 25:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:7 - et praecipitabit in monte isto faciem vinculi conligati super omnes populos et telam quam orditus est super universas nationes

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 25:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:8 - praecipitabit mortem in sempiternum et auferet Dominus Deus lacrimam ab omni facie et obprobrium populi sui auferet de universa terra quia Dominus locutus est

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:7 - verum hii quoque prae vino nescierunt et prae ebrietate erraverunt sacerdos et propheta nescierunt prae ebrietate absorti sunt a vino erraverunt in ebrietate nescierunt videntem ignoraverunt iudicium

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:19 - quia deserta tua et solitudines tuae et terra ruinae tuae nunc angusta erunt prae habitatoribus et longe fugabuntur qui absorbebant te

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:34 - comedit me devoravit me Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis reddidit me quasi vas inane absorbuit me sicut draco replevit ventrem suum teneritudine mea et eiecit me

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:2 - BETH praecipitavit Dominus nec pepercit omnia speciosa Iacob destruxit in furore suo munitiones virginis Iuda deiecit in terram polluit regnum et principes eius

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:5 - HE factus est Dominus velut inimicus praecipitavit Israhel praecipitavit omnia moenia eius dissipavit munitiones eius et replevit in filia Iuda humiliatum et humiliatam

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:8 - HETH cogitavit Dominus dissipare murum filiae Sion tetendit funiculum suum et non avertit manum suam a perditione luxitque antemurale et murus pariter dissipatus est

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:16 - FE aperuerunt super te os suum omnes inimici tui sibilaverunt et fremuerunt dentibus dixerunt devoravimus en ista est dies quam expectabamus invenimus vidimus

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:7 - quia ventum seminabunt et turbinem metent culmus stans non est in eis germen non faciet farinam quod si et fecerit alieni comedent eam

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:8 - devoratus est Israhel nunc factus est in nationibus quasi vas inmundum

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:17 - [Vulgate 2:1] et praeparavit Dominus piscem grandem ut degluttiret Ionam et erat Iona in ventre piscis tribus diebus et tribus noctibus

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:13 - mundi sunt oculi tui ne videas malum et respicere ad iniquitatem non poteris quare non respicis super inique agentes et taces devorante impio iustiorem se
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