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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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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 - And the thin ears swallowed up the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:24 - and the thin ears swallowed up the seven good ears: and I told it unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:12 - For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 15:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:12 -
Thou stretchedst out thy right hand,
The earth swallowed them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:20 - but they shall not go in to see the sanctuary even for a moment, lest they die.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:30 - But if Jehovah make a new thing, and the ground open its mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down alive into Sheol; then ye shall understand that these men have despised Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:32 - and the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:34

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:34 - And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them; for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:10 - and the earth opened its 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:6 - and what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben; how the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and every living thing that followed them, in the midst of all Israel:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:16 - Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not this night at the fords of the wilderness, but by all means pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:19 - I am of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of Jehovah?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:20 - And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:3 - And Jehovah said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job? for there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and turneth away from evil: and he still holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:19 -
How long wilt thou not look away from me,
Nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 8:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:18 -
If he be destroyed from his place,
Then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:8 -
Thy hands have framed me and fashioned me
Together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:15 -
He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again;
God will cast them out of his belly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:18 -
That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down;
According to the substance that he hath gotten, he shall not rejoice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:20 -
Shall it be told him that I would speak?
Or should a man wish that he were swallowed up?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 21:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:9 -
Thou wilt make them as a fiery furnace in the time of thine anger:
Jehovah will swallow them up in his wrath,
And the fire shall devour them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:25 -
Let them not say in their heart, Aha, so would we have it:
Let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:9 -
Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongue;
For I have seen violence and strife in the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:15 -
Let not the waterflood overwhelm me,
Neither let the deep swallow me up;
And let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:17 -
The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan,
And covered the company of Abiram.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:27 -
They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man,
And are at their wits’ end.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 124:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:3 -
Then they had swallowed us up alive,
When their wrath was kindled against us:

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:12 -
Let us swallow them up alive as Sheol,
And whole, as those that go down into the pit;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:28 -
A worthless witness mocketh at justice;
And the mouth of the wicked swalloweth iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:20 -
There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise;
But a foolish man swalloweth it up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:12 - The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:12 - As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they that lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:16 - For they that lead this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:3 - And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst of it; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek unto the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 25:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:7 - And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering that covereth all peoples, and the veil that is spread over all nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 25:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:8 - He hath swallowed up death for ever; and the Lord Jehovah will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the reproach of his people will he take away from off all the earth: for Jehovah hath spoken it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:4 - and the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be as the first-ripe fig before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:7 - And even these reel with wine, and stagger with strong drink; the priest and the prophet reel with strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they stagger with strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:19 - For, as for thy waste and thy desolate places, and thy land that hath been destroyed, surely now shalt thou be too strait for the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:34 - Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath, like a monster, swallowed me up, he hath filled his maw with my delicacies; he hath cast me out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:2 -
The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied:
He hath thrown down in his wrath the strongholds of the daughter of Judah;
He hath brought them down to the ground; he hath profaned the kingdom and the princes thereof.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:5 -
The Lord is become as an enemy, he hath swallowed up Israel;
He hath swallowed up all her palaces, he hath destroyed his strongholds;
And he hath multiplied in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:8 -
Jehovah hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion;
He hath stretched out the line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying;
And he hath made the rampart and wall to lament; they languish together.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:16 -
All thine enemies have opened their mouth wide against thee;
They hiss and gnash the teeth; they say, We have swallowed her up;
Certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:7 - For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: he hath no standing grain; the blade shall yield no meal; if so be it yield, strangers shall swallow it up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:8 - Israel is swallowed up: now are they among the nations as a vessel wherein none delighteth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:17 - And Jehovah prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah; and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:13 - Thou that art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and that canst not look on perverseness, wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy peace when the wicked swalloweth up the man that is more righteous than he;
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