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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

H1104

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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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:7 - And the seven thin ears and blasted with the wind devoured the seven choice and full ears; and Pharao awoke, and it was a dream.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:24 - And the seven thin and blasted ears devoured the seven fine and full ears: so I spoke to the interpreters, and there was no one to explain it to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:12 - And they cast down each [fn]his rod, and they became serpents, but the rod of Aaron swallowed up their rods.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:12 - Thou stretchedst forth thy right hand, the earth swallowed them up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:20 - And so they shall by no means go in to look suddenly upon the holy things, and die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:30 - But if the Lord shall shew by a [fn]wonder, and the earth shall open her mouth and swallow them up, and their houses, and their tents, and all that belongs to them, and they shall go down alive into Hades, then ye shall know that these men have provoked the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:32 - And the ground opened, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that were with Core, and their cattle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:34

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:34 - And all Israel round about them fled from the sound of them, for [fn]they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:10 - And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up them and Core, when their assembly perished, when the fire devoured the two hundred and fifty, and they were [fn]made a sign.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:6 - and all things that he did to Dathan and Abiron the sons of Eliab the son of Ruben, whom the earth opening her mouth swallowed up, and their houses, and their tents, and all their substance that was with them, in the midst of all Israel:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:16 - And now send quickly and report to David, saying, Lodge not this night in Araboth of the wilderness: even go and make haste, lest one [fn]swallow up the king, and all the people with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:19 - I am a peaceable one of the strong ones in Israel; but thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother-city in Israel: why dost thou seek to ruin the inheritance of the Lord?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:20

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:3 - And the Lord said to the devil, Hast thou then observed my servant Job, that there is none of men upon the earth like him, a harmless, true, blameless, godly man, abstaining from all evil? and he yet cleaves to innocence, whereas thou hast told me to destroy his substance without cause?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:19 - How long dost thou not let me alone, nor let me go, until I shall swallow down my spittle?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:18 - If God should destroy him, his place shall deny him. Hast thou not seen such things,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:8 - Thy hands have formed me and made me; afterwards thou didst change thy mind, and smite me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:15 - His wealth unjustly collected shall be vomited up; a messenger of wrath shall drag him out of his house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:18 - He has laboured unprofitably and in vain, for wealth of which he shall not taste: it is as a lean thing, unfit for food, which he cannot swallow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:20 - Have I a book or a scribe by me, that I may stand and put man to silence?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:9 - (LXX 20:10) Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven at the time of thy presence: the Lord shall trouble them in his anger, and fire shall devour them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:25 - (LXX 34:25) Let them not say in their hearts, Aha, aha, it is pleasing to our soul: neither let them say, We have devoured him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:9 - (LXX 54:10) Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen iniquity and gainsaying in the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:15 - (LXX 68:16) Let not the waterflood drown me, nor let the deep swallow me up; neither let the well shut its mouth upon me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:17 - (LXX 105:17) The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and closed upon the congregation of Abiron.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:27 - (LXX 106:27) They are troubled, they stagger as a drunkard, and all their wisdom is swallowed up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:3 - (LXX 123:3) verily they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:12 - and let us swallow him alive, as Hades would, and remove the memorial of him from the earth:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:28 - He that becomes surety for a foolish child will despise the ordinance: and the mouth of ungodly men shall drink down judgments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:20 - A desirable treasure will rest on the mouth of the wise; but foolish men will swallow it up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:12 - The words of a wise mouth are gracious: but the lips of a fool will swallow him up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:12 - O my people, your exactors [fn]strip you, and extortioners rule over you: O my people, they that pronounce you blessed lead you astray, and pervert the path of your feet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:16 - (LXX 9:15) And they that pronounce this people blessed shall mislead them; and they mislead them that they may devour them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:3 - And the spirit of the Egyptians shall be troubled within them; and I will frustrate their counsel: and they shall enquire of their gods and their images, and [fn]them that speak out of the earth, and them that have in them a divining spirit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:7 - they shall anoint themselves with ointment in this mountain. Impart thou all these things to the nations; for this is God's counsel upon all the nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:8 - [fn] Death has prevailed and swallowed men up; but again the Lord God has taken away every tear from every face. He has taken away the reproach of his people from all the earth: for the mouth of the Lord has spoken it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:4 - And the fading flower of the [fn]glorious hope on the top of the high mountain shall be as the early fig; he that sees it, before he takes it into his hand, will desire to swallow it down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:7 - For these have trespassed through wine; they have erred through strong drink: the priest and the prophet are mad through strong drink, they are swallowed up by reason of wine, they have staggered [fn]through drunkenness; they have erred: this is their vision.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:19 - For thy desert and marred and ruined places shall now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that devoured thee shall be removed far from thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:34 - (LXX 28:34) He has devoured me, he has torn me asunder, airy darkness has come upon me; Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon has swallowed me up, as a dragon has he filled his belly with my delicacies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:2 - Beth. In the day of his wrath the Lord has overwhelmed her as in the sea, and not spared: he has brought down in his fury all the beautiful things of Jacob; he has brought down to the ground the strong-holds of the daughter of Juda: he has profaned her king and her princes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:5 - He. The Lord is become as an enemy: he has overwhelmed Israel as in the sea, he has overwhelmed her palaces: he has destroyed his strong-holds, and has multiplied the afflicted and humbled ones to the daughter of Juda.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:8 - Heth. And he has turned to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he has stretched out the measuring line, he has not turned back his hand from afflicting her: therefore the bulwark mourned, and the wall was weakened with it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:16 - Ain. All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they have hissed and gnashed their teeth, and said, We have swallowed her up: moreover this is the day which we looked for; we have found it, we have seen it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:7 - for they sowed blighted seed, and their destruction shall await them, a sheaf of corn that avails not to make meal; and even if it should produce it, strangers shall devour it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:8 - Israel is swallowed up: now is he become among the nations as a worthless vessel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:17 - (LXX 2:1) Now the Lord had commanded a great whale to swallow up Jonas: and Jonas was in the belly of the whale three days and three nights.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:13 - His eye is too pure to behold evil doings, and to look upon grievous afflictions: wherefore dost thou look upon despisers? wilt thou be silent when the ungodly swallows up the just?
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