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Lexicon :: Strong's H1104 - bālaʿ

Aa
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 50 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 heads made a meal of the good heads. And when Pharaoh was awake he saw it was a dream.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:24 - And the seven thin heads made a meal of the seven good heads; and I put this dream before the wise men, but not one of them was able to give me the sense of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:12 - For every one of them put down his rod on the earth, and they became snakes: but Aaron's rod made a meal of their rods.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:12 - When your right hand was stretched out, the mouth of the earth was open for them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:20 - But they themselves are not to go in to see the holy place, even for a minute, for fear of death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:30 - But if the Lord does something new, opening the earth to take them in, with everything which is theirs, and they go down living into the underworld, then it will be clear to you that the Lord has not been honoured by these men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:32 - And the earth, opening her mouth, took them in, with their families, and all the men who were joined to Korah, and their goods.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:34

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:34 - And all Israel round about them went in flight at their cry, For fear, said they, that we go down into the heart of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:10 - And they went down into the open mouth of the earth, together with Korah, when death overtook him and all his band; at the time when two hundred and fifty men were burned in the fire, and they became a sign.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:6 - And what he did to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben; when they went down into the open mouth of the earth, with their families and their tents and every living thing which was theirs, before the eyes of all Israel:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:16 - So now send the news quickly to David, and say, Do not take your night's rest by the way across the river to the waste land, but be certain to go over; or the king and all the people with him will come to destruction.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:19 - Your purpose is the destruction of a mother-town in Israel: why would you put an end to the heritage of the Lord?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:20 - And Joab, answering her, said, Far, far be it from me to be a cause of death or destruction;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:3 - And the Lord said to the Satan, Have you taken note of my servant Job, for there is no one like him on the earth, a man without sin and upright, fearing God and keeping himself far from evil? and he still keeps his righteousness, though you have been moving me to send destruction on him without cause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:19 - How long will it be before your eyes are turned away from me, so that I may have a minute's breathing-space?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:18 - If he is taken away from his place, then it will say, I have not seen you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:8 - Your hands made me, and I was formed by you, but then, changing your purpose, you gave me up to destruction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:15 - He takes down wealth as food, and sends it up again; it is forced out of his stomach by God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:18 - He is forced to give back the fruit of his work, and may not take it for food; he has no joy in the profit of his trading.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:20 - How may he have knowledge of my desire for talk with him? or did any man ever say, May destruction come on me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:9 - You will make them like a flaming oven before you; the Lord in his wrath will put an end to them, and they will be burned up in the fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:25 - Let them not say in their hearts, So we will have it: let them not say, We have put an end to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:9 - Send destruction on them, O Lord, make a division of tongues among them: for I have seen fighting and violent acts in the town.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:15 - Let me not be covered by the flowing waters; let not the deep waters go over my head, and let me not be shut up in the underworld.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:17 - The earth opening put an end to Dathan, covering up Abiram and his band.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:27 - They are turned here and there, rolling like a man who is full of wine; and all their wisdom comes to nothing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:3 - They would have made a meal of us while still living, in the heat of their wrath against us:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:12 - Let us overcome them living, like the underworld, and in their strength, as those who go down to death;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:28 - A good-for-nothing witness makes sport of the judge's decision: and the mouth of evil-doers sends out evil like a stream.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:20 - There is a store of great value in the house of the wise, but it is wasted by the foolish man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:12 - The words of a wise man's mouth are sweet to all, but the lips of a foolish man are his destruction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:12 - As for my people, their ruler is acting like a child, and those who have authority over them are women. O my people, your guides are the cause of your wandering, turning your footsteps out of the right way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:16 - For the guides of this people are the cause of their wandering from the right way, and those who are guided by them come to destruction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:3 - And the spirit of Egypt will be troubled in her, and I will make her decisions without effect: and they will be turning to the false gods, and to those who make hollow sounds, and to those who have control of spirits, and to those who are wise in secret arts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:7 - And in this mountain he will put an end to the shade covering the face of all peoples, and the veil which is stretched over all nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:8 - He has put an end to death for ever; and the Lord God will take away all weeping; and he will put an end to the shame of his people in all the earth: for the Lord has said it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:4 - And the dead flower of his glory, which is on the head of the fertile valley, will be like the first early fruit before the summer; which a man takes and puts in his mouth the minute he sees it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:7 - And further, these are uncertain through wine, and have gone out of the right way through strong drink: the priest and the prophet are uncertain through strong drink, they are overcome by wine, they have gone out of the way through strong drink; their vision is false, they go wrong in their decisions.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:19 - For though the waste places of your land have been given to destruction, now you will not be wide enough for your people, and those who made you waste will be far away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:34 - Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, has made a meal of me, violently crushing me, he has made me a vessel with nothing in it, he has taken me in his mouth like a dragon, he has made his stomach full with my delicate flesh, crushing me with his teeth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:2 - The Lord has given up to destruction all the living-places of Jacob without pity; pulling down in his wrath the strong places of the daughter of Judah, stretching out on the earth the wounded, even her king and her rulers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:5 - The Lord has become like one fighting against her, sending destruction on Israel; he has sent destruction on all her great houses, making waste his strong places: increasing the grief and the sorrow of the daughter of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:8 - It is the Lord's purpose to make waste the wall of the daughter of Zion; his line has been stretched out, he has not kept back his hand from destruction: he has sent sorrow on tower and wall, they have become feeble together.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:16 - All your haters are opening their mouths wide against you; making hisses and whistling through their teeth, they say, We have made a meal of her: certainly this is the day we have been looking for; it has come, we have seen it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:7 - For they have been planting the wind, and their fruit will be the storm; his grain has no stem, it will give no meal, and if it does, a strange nation will take it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:8 - Israel has come to destruction; now they are among the nations like a cup in which there is no pleasure.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:17 - And the Lord made ready a great fish to take Jonah into its mouth; and Jonah was inside the fish for three days and three nights.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:13 - Before your holy eyes sin may not be seen, and you are unable to put up with wrong; why, then, are your eyes on the false? why do you say nothing when the evil-doer puts an end to one who is more upright than himself?
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