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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

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.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:7 - And H1104 the H1851 seven H7641 thin H1851 ears H7641 devoured  H1104 the H7641 seven H7651 rank H1277 and full H4392 ears. H7641 And H3364 Pharaoh H6547 awoke, H3364 and, behold, H2009 it was a dream. H2472
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:24 - And H1104 the H7641 thin H1851 ears H7641 devoured  H1104 the H7641 seven H7651 good H2896 ears: H7641 and I told H559 this unto H413 the magicians; H2748 but H369 there was none H369 that could declare H5046 it to me. H589
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:12 - For they cast down H7993 every man H376 his rod, H4294 and they became H1961 serpents: H8577 but H1104 Aaron's H175 rod H4294 swallowed up  H1104 their rods. H4294
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:12 - Thou stretchedst out H5186 thy right hand, H3225 the earth H776 swallowed them. H1104
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:20 - But H3808 they shall H935 not H3808 go in H935 to see H7200 when H1104 the holy things H6944 are covered,  H1104 lest they die. H4191
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:30 - But if H518 the LORD H3068 make H1254 a new thing, H1278 and H6475 the earth H127 open H6475 her mouth, H6310 and swallow H1104 them H853 up,  H1104 with H853 all H3605 that H834 appertain unto them, and they go down H3381 quick H2416 into the pit; H7585 then ye shall understand H3045 that H3588 these H428 men H376 have provoked H5006 the LORD. H3068
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:32 - And H6605 the earth H776 opened H6605 her mouth, H6310 and swallowed H1104 them H853 up,  H1104 and H853 their houses, H1004 and H853 all H3605 the men H120 that H834 appertained unto Korah, H7141 and H853 all H3605 their goods. H7399
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:34 - And all H3605 Israel H3478 that H834 were round about them H5439 fled H5127 at the cry of them: H6963 for H3588 they said, H559 Lest H6435 the earth H776 swallow us up H1104 also.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:10 - And H6605 the earth H776 opened H6605 her mouth, H6310 and swallowed H1104 them H853 up  H1104 together with H853 Korah, H7141 when H4194 that company H5712 died, H4194 what time H398 the fire H784 devoured H398 two hundred and H3967 fifty H2572 men: H376 and they became H1961 a sign. H5251
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:6 - And what H834 he did H6213 unto Dathan H1885 and Abiram, H48 the sons H1121 of Eliab, H446 the son H1121 of Reuben: H7205 how H834 the earth H776 opened H6475 her mouth, H6310 and swallowed them up, H1104 and H853 their households, H1004 and H853 their tents, H168 and H853 all H3605 the substance H3351 that H834 was in their possession, H7272 in the midst H7130 of all H3605 Israel: H3478
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:16 - Now therefore H6258 send H7971 quickly, H4120 and tell H5046 David, H1732 saying, H559 Lodge H3885 not H408 this night H3915 in the plains H6160 of the wilderness, H4057 but H1571 speedily H5674 pass over; H5674 lest H6435 the king H4428 be swallowed up, H1104 and all H3605 the people H5971 that H834 are with him. H854
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:19 - I H595 am one of them that are peaceable H7999 and faithful H539 in Israel: H3478 thou H859 seekest H1245 to destroy H4191 a city H5892 and a mother H517 in Israel: H3478 why H4100 wilt thou swallow up H1104 the inheritance H5159 of the LORD? H3068
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:20 - And H6030 Joab H3097 answered H6030 and said, H559 Far be it, H2486 far be it H2486 from me, H589 that H518 I should swallow up H1104 or H518 destroy. H7843
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:3 - And H559 the LORD H3068 said H559 unto H413 Satan, H7854 Hast thou H7760 H3820 H413 considered H3820 my servant H5650 Job, H347 that H3588 there is none H369 like him H3644 in the earth, H776 a H376 perfect H8535 and an upright H3477 man, H376 one that feareth H3373 God, H430 and escheweth H5493 evil? H7451 and still he H5750 holdeth fast H2388 his integrity, H8538 although thou movedst me H5496 against him, to destroy him H1104 without cause. H2600
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:19 - How long H4100 wilt thou H8159 not H3808 depart H8159 from me, H4480 nor H3808 let me alone H7503 till H5704 I swallow down H1104 my spittle? H7536
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:18 - If H518 he destroy him H1104 from his place, H4725 then it shall deny H3584 him, saying, I have H7200 not H3808 seen thee. H7200
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:8 - Thine hands H3027 have made me H6087 and fashioned me H6213 together H3162 round about; H5439 yet thou dost destroy me. H1104
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:15 - He hath swallowed down H1104 riches, H2428 and he shall vomit them up again: H6958 God H410 shall cast them out H3423 of his belly. H990
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:18 - That which he laboured for H3022 shall he restore, H7725 and H3808 shall H1104 not H3808 swallow it down:  H1104 according to his substance H2428 shall the restitution H8545 be, and H3808 he shall H5965 not H3808 rejoice H5965 therein.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:20 - Shall it be told H5608 him that H3588 I speak? H1696 if H518 a man H376 speak, H559 surely H3588 he shall be swallowed up. H1104
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:9 - Thou shalt make them H7896 as a H8574 fiery H784 oven H8574 in the time H6256 of thine anger: H6440 the LORD H3068 shall swallow them up H1104 in his wrath, H639 and H398 the fire H784 shall devour them. H398
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:25 - Let them H559 not H408 say H559 in their hearts, H3820 Ah, H1889 so would we have it: H5315 let them H559 not H408 say, H559 We have swallowed him up. H1104
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:9 - Destroy, H1104 O Lord, H136 and divide H6385 their tongues: H3956 for H3588 I have seen H7200 violence H2555 and strife H7379 in the city. H5892
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:15 - Let H7857 not H408 the waterflood H7641 H4325 overflow me, H7857 neither H408 let H1104 the deep H4688 swallow me up,  H1104 and H408 let H332 not H408 the pit H875 shut H332 her mouth H6310 upon me. H5921
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:17 - The earth H776 opened H6605 and swallowed up H1104 Dathan, H1885 and covered H3680 the company H5712 of Abiram. H48
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:27 - They reel to and fro, H2287 and stagger H5128 like a drunken man, H7910 and H3605 are at H1104 their wits' H2451 end.  H1104
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:3 - Then H233 they had swallowed us up H1104 quick, H2416 when their wrath H639 was kindled H2734 against us:
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:12 - Let us swallow them up H1104 alive H2416 as the grave; H7585 and whole, H8549 as those that go down H3381 into the pit: H953
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:28 - An H5707 ungodly H1100 witness H5707 scorneth H3887 judgment: H4941 and the mouth H6310 of the wicked H7563 devoureth H1104 iniquity. H205
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:20 - There is treasure H214 to be desired H2530 and oil H8081 in the dwelling H5116 of the wise; H2450 but H3684 a H120 foolish H3684 man H120 spendeth it up. H1104
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:12 - The words H1697 of a H6310 wise man's H2450 mouth H6310 are gracious; H2580 but the lips H8193 of a fool H3684 will swallow up himself. H1104
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:12 - As for my people, H5971 children H5953 are their oppressors, H5065 and women H802 rule H4910 over them. O my people, H5971 they which lead thee H833 cause H8582 thee to err, H8582 and H1870 destroy H1104 the way H1870 of thy paths. H734
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:16 - For H1961 the leaders H833 of H5971 this H2088 people H5971 cause H8582 them to err; H8582 and they that are led of them H833 are destroyed. H1104
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:3 - And H1238 the spirit H7307 of Egypt H4714 shall fail H1238 in the midst thereof; H7130 and H6098 I will destroy H1104 the counsel thereof: H6098 and they shall seek H1875 to H413 the idols, H457 and to H413 the charmers, H328 and to H413 them that have familiar spirits, H178 and to H413 the wizards. H3049
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:7 - And he will destroy H1104 in H2022 this H2088 mountain H2022 the face H6440 of the covering H3875 cast H3874 over H5921 all H3605 people, H5971 and the vail H4541 that is spread H5259 over H5921 all H3605 nations. H1471
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:8 - He will swallow up H1104 death H4194 in victory; H5331 and H4229 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 will wipe away H4229 tears H1832 from off H5921 all H3605 faces; H6440 and the rebuke H2781 of his people H5971 shall he take away H5493 from off H5921 all H3605 the earth: H776 for H3588 the LORD H3068 hath spoken H1696 it.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:4 - And H1961 the H8597 glorious H6643 beauty, H8597 which H834 is on H5921 the head H7218 of the H1516 fat H8081 valley, H1516 shall be H1961 a H6733 fading H5034 flower, H6733 and as the hasty fruit H1061 before H2962 the summer; H7019 which H834 when he that looketh upon H7200 it H853 seeth, H7200 while it is yet H5750 in his hand H3709 he eateth it up. H1104
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:7 - But H1571 they H428 also H1571 have erred H7686 through wine, H3196 and through strong drink H7941 are out of the way; H8582 the priest H3548 and the prophet H5030 have erred H7686 through strong drink, H7941 they are swallowed up H1104 of H4480 wine, H3196 they are out of the way H8582 through H4480 strong drink; H7941 they err H7686 in vision, H7203 they stumble H6328 in judgment. H6417
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:19 - For H3588 thy waste H2723 and thy desolate places, H8074 and the land H776 of thy destruction, H2035 shall H3334 even H3588 now H6258 be too narrow H3334 by reason of the inhabitants, H3427 and H7368 they that swallowed thee up H1104 shall be far away. H7368
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:34 - Nebuchadrezzar H5019 the king H4428 of Babylon H894 hath devoured me, H398 he hath crushed me, H2000 he hath made me H3322 an H3627 empty H7385 vessel, H3627 he hath swallowed me up H1104 like a dragon, H8577 he hath filled H4390 his belly H3770 with my delicates, H5730 he hath cast me out. H1740
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:2 - The Lord H136 hath swallowed up H1104 all H3605 the habitations H4999 of Jacob, H3290 and H3808 hath H2550 not H3808 pitied: H2550 he hath thrown down H2040 in his wrath H5678 the strong holds H4013 of the daughter H1323 of Judah; H3063 he hath brought them down H5060 to the ground: H776 he hath polluted H2490 the kingdom H4467 and the princes thereof. H8269
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:5 - The Lord H136 was H1961 as an enemy: H341 he hath swallowed up H1104 Israel, H3478 he hath swallowed up H1104 all H3605 her palaces: H759 he hath destroyed H7843 his strong holds, H4013 and hath increased H7235 in the daughter H1323 of Judah H3063 mourning H8386 and lamentation. H592
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:8 - The LORD H3068 hath purposed H2803 to destroy H7843 the wall H2346 of the daughter H1323 of Zion: H6726 he hath stretched out H5186 a line, H6957 he hath H7725 not H3808 withdrawn H7725 his hand H3027 from destroying: H1104 therefore he made H56 the rampart H2426 and the wall H2346 to lament; H56 they languished H535 together. H3162
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:16 - All H3605 thine enemies H341 have opened H6475 their mouth H6310 against thee: H5921 they hiss H8319 and gnash H2786 the teeth: H8127 they say, H559 We have swallowed her up: H1104 certainly H389 this H2088 is the day H3117 that we looked for; H6960 we have found, H4672 we have seen H7200 it.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:7 - For H3588 they have sown H2232 the wind, H7307 and H5492 they shall reap H7114 the whirlwind: H5492 it hath no H369 stalk: H7054 the bud H6780 shall yield H6213 no H1097 meal: H7058 if so be H194 it yield, H6213 the strangers H2114 shall swallow it up. H1104
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:8 - Israel H3478 is swallowed up: H1104 now H6258 shall they be H1961 among the Gentiles H1471 as a vessel H3627 wherein is no H369 pleasure. H2656
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:17 - Now H4487 the LORD H3068 had prepared H4487 a H1709 great H1419 fish H1709 to swallow up H1104 Jonah. H3124 And H1961 Jonah H3124 was H1961 in the belly H4578 of the fish H1709 three H7969 days H3117 and three H7969 nights. H3915
Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:13 - Thou art of purer H2890 eyes H5869 than to behold H7200 evil, H7451 and H5027 canst H3201 not H3808 look H5027 on H413 iniquity: H5999 wherefore H4100 lookest thou H5027 upon them that deal treacherously, H898 and holdest thy tongue H2790 when H1104 the wicked H7563 devoureth  H1104 the man that is more righteous H6662 than he? H4480
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