H1104 בָּלַע

Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 49 KJV occurrences

בָּלַע

bâlaʻ · baw-lah'

Definition

to make away with (specifically by swallowing); generally, to destroy

KJV Renderings

cover, destroy, devour, eat up, be at end, spend up, swallow down (up).

Derivation / Etymology

a primitive root;

Sample KJV Verses (8 of 49)

Genesis 41:7And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.
Numbers 16:32And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods.
2 Samuel 20:20And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.
Job 20:18That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein.
Psalms 106:17The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.
Ecclesiastes 10:12The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
Isaiah 28:4And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.
Lamentations 2:5The Lord was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.