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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 - and the thin ears swallow the seven fat and full ears -- and Pharaoh awaketh, and lo, a dream.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:24 - and the thin ears swallow the seven good ears; and I tell unto the scribes, and there is none declaring to me.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:12 - and they cast down each his rod, and they become monsters, and the rod of Aaron swalloweth their rods;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 15:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:12 - Thou hast stretched out Thy right hand -- Earth swalloweth them!

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:20 - and they go not in to see when the holy thing is swallowed, that they have died.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:30 - and if a strange thing Jehovah do, and the ground hath opened her mouth and swallowed them, and all that they have, and they have gone down alive to Sheol -- then ye have known that these men have despised Jehovah.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:32 - and the earth openeth her mouth, and swalloweth them, and their houses, and all the men who are for Korah, and all the goods,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:34

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:34 - and all Israel who are round about them have fled at their voice, for they said, 'Lest the earth swallow us;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:10 - and the earth openeth her mouth, and swalloweth them and Korah, in the death of the company, in the fire consuming the two hundred and fifty men, and they become a sign;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:6 - and that which He hath done to Dathan, and to Abiram, sons of Eliab, sons of Reuben, when the earth hath opened her mouth and swalloweth them, and their houses, and their tents, and all that liveth, which is at their feet, in the midst of all Israel:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:16 - and now, send hastily, and declare to David, saying, Lodge not to-night in the plains of the wilderness, and also, certainly pass over, lest there be a swallowing up of the king and of all the people who are with him.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:19 - I am of the peaceable -- faithful ones of Israel; thou art seeking to destroy a city, and a mother in Israel; why dost thou swallow up the inheritance of Jehovah?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:20 - And Joab answereth and saith, 'Far be it -- far be it from me; I do not swallow up nor destroy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:3 - And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, 'Hast thou set thy heart unto My servant Job because there is none like him in the land, a man perfect and upright, fearing God and turning aside from evil? and still he is keeping hold on his integrity, and thou dost move Me against him to swallow him up for nought!'

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:19 - How long dost Thou not look from me? Thou dost not desist till I swallow my spittle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 8:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:18 - If one doth destroy him from his place, Then it hath feigned concerning him, I have not seen thee!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:8 - Thy hands have taken pains about me, And they make me together round about, And Thou swallowest me up!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:15 - Wealth he hath swallowed, and doth vomit it. From his belly God driveth it out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:18 - He is giving back what he laboured for, And doth not consume it; As a bulwark is his exchange, and he exults not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:20 - Is it declared to Him that I speak? If a man hath spoken, surely he is swallowed up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 21:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:9 - Thou makest them as a furnace of fire, At the time of Thy presence. Jehovah in His anger doth swallow them, And fire doth devour them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:25 - They do not say in their heart, 'Aha, our desire.' They do not say, 'We swallowed him up.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:9 - Swallow up, O Lord, divide their tongue, For I saw violence and strife in a city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:15 - Let not a flood of waters overflow me, Nor let the deep swallow me up, Nor let the pit shut her mouth upon me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:17 - Earth openeth, and swalloweth up Dathan, And covereth over 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 move as a drunkard, And all their wisdom is swallowed up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 124:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:3 - Then alive they had swallowed us up, In the burning of their anger against us,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:12 - We swallow them as Sheol -- alive, And whole -- as those going down to the pit,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:28 - A worthless witness scorneth judgment, And the mouth of the wicked swalloweth iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:20 - A treasure to be desired, and oil, Is in the habitation of the wise, And a foolish man swalloweth it up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:12 - Words of the mouth of the wise are gracious, And the lips of a fool swallow him up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:12 - My people -- its exactors are sucklings, And women have ruled over it. My people -- thy eulogists are causing to err, And the way of thy paths swallowed up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:16 - And the eulogists of this people are causing to err, And its eulogised ones are consumed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:3 - And emptied out hath been in its midst the spirit of Egypt. And its counsel I swallow up, And they have sought unto the idols, And unto the charmers, And unto those having familiar spirits, And unto the wizards.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 25:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:7 - And swallowed up hath He in this mountain The face of the wrapping that is wrapped over all the peoples, And of the covering that is spread over all the nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 25:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:8 - He hath swallowed up death in victory, And wiped hath the Lord Jehovah, The tear from off all faces, And the reproach of His people He turneth aside from off all the earth, For Jehovah hath spoken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:4 - And the fading flower of the beauty of his glory That is on the head of the fat valley, Hath been as its first-fruit before summer, That its beholder seeth, While it is yet in his hand he swalloweth it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:7 - And even these through wine have erred, And through strong drink have wandered, Priest and prophet erred through strong drink, They have been swallowed up of the wine, They wandered because of the strong drink, They have erred in seeing, They have stumbled judicially.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:19 - Because thy wastes, and thy desolate places, And the land of thy ruins, Surely now are straitened because of inhabitants, And far off have been those consuming thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:34 - Devoured us, crushed us, hath Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, He hath set us as an empty vessel, He hath swallowed us as a dragon, He hath filled his belly with my dainties, He hath driven us away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:2 - Swallowed up hath the Lord, He hath not pitied any of the pleasant places of Jacob, He hath broken down in His wrath The fortresses of the daughter of Judah, He hath caused to come to the earth, He polluted the kingdom and its princes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:5 - The Lord hath been as an enemy, He hath swallowed up Israel, He hath swallowed up all her palaces, He hath destroyed His fortresses, And He multiplieth in the daughter of Judah Mourning and moaning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:8 - Devised hath Jehovah to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion, He hath stretched out a line, He hath not turned His hand from destroying, And He causeth bulwark and wall to mourn, Together -- they have been weak.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:16 - Opened against thee their mouth have all thine enemies, They have hissed, yea, they gnash the teeth, They have said: 'We have swallowed her up, Surely this is the day that we looked for, We have found -- we have seen.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:7 - For wind they sow, and a hurricane they reap, Stalk it hath none -- a shoot not yielding grain, If so be it yield -- strangers do swallow it up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:8 - Israel hath been swallowed up, Now they have been among nations, As a vessel in which is no delight.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:17 - And Jehovah appointeth a great fish to swallow up Jonah, and Jonah is in the bowels of the fish three days and three nights.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:13 - Purer of eyes than to behold evil, To look on perverseness Thou art not able, Why dost Thou behold the treacherous? Thou keepest silent when the wicked Doth swallow the more righteous than he,
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