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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

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 the thin H1851 ears H7641 swallowed H1104 the seven H7651 plump H1277 and full H4392 ears H7641. Then Pharaoh H6547 awoke H3364, and behold H2009, it was a dream H2472.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:24 - and the thin H1851 ears H7641 swallowed H1104 the seven H7651 good H2896 ears H7641. Then I told H559 it to the soothsayer H2748 priests H2748, but there H369 was H369 no H369 one H369 who could explain H5046 it to me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:12 - For each H376 one H376 threw H7993 down H7993 his staff H4294, and they turned H1961 into serpents H8577. But Aaron’s H175 staff H4294 swallowed H1104 their staffs H4294.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:12 -

“You reached H5186 out H5186 with Your right H3225 hand H3225,

The earth H776 swallowed H1104 them.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:20 - but they shall not come H935 in H935 to see H7200 the holy H6944 objects even for H1104 a H1104 moment H1104, or they will die H4191.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:30 - “But if H518 the LORD H3068 [fn]brings H1254 about H1254 an entirely H1278 new H1278 thing H1278 and the ground H127 opens H6475 its mouth H6310 and swallows H1104 them with everything H3605 that is theirs H1992, and they descend H3381 alive H2416 into [fn]Sheol H7585, then you will know H3045 that these H428 men H376 have been H5006 disrespectful H5006 to the LORD H3068.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:32 - and the earth H776 opened H6605 its mouth H6310 and swallowed H1104 them, their households H1004, and all H3605 the people H120 who H834 belonged to Korah H7141 with all H3605 their possessions H7399.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:34 - Then all H3605 Israel H3478 who H834 were around H5439 them fled H5127 at their [fn]outcry H6963, for they said H559, “The earth H776 might swallow H1104 us!”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:10 - and the earth H776 opened H6605 its mouth H6310 and swallowed H1104 them up H1104 along with Korah H7141, when that group H5712 died H4194, when the fire H784 devoured H398 250 H2572 H3967 men H376, so that they became H1961 a warning H5251 sign H5251.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:6 - and what H834 He did H6213 to Dathan H1885 and Abiram H48, the sons H1121 of Eliab H446, the son H1121 of Reuben H7205, when the earth H776 opened H6475 its mouth H6310 and swallowed H1104 them, their households H1004, their tents H168, and every H3605 living H3351 thing H3351 that [fn]followed H7272 them, among H7130 all H3605 Israel H3478
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:16 - “Now H6258 then, send H7971 a messenger quickly H4120 and tell H5046 David H1732, saying H559, ‘Do not spend H3885 the night H3915 at the river H6160 crossing H6160 places H6160 of the wilderness H4057, but by all H1571 H5674 means H5674 cross H5674 over H5674, or H6435 else H6435 the king H4428 and all H3605 the people H5971 who H834 are with him will be [fn]destroyed H1104.’”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:19 - “I am one of those who are ready H7999 for H7999 peace H7999 and faithful H539 in Israel H3478. You are trying H1245 to destroy H4191 a city H5892, even a mother H517 in Israel H3478. Why H4100 would you swallow H1104 up H1104 the inheritance H5159 of the LORD H3068?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:20 - Joab H3097 replied H6030, “Far H2486 be it, far H2486 be it from me that I would consume H1104 or destroy H7843!
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:3 - The LORD H3068 said H559 to Satan H7854, “Have you [fn]considered H7760 H3820 H5921 My servant H5650 Job H347? For there H369 is H369 no H369 one H369 like H3644 him on the earth H776, a blameless H8535 and upright H3477 man H376 [fn]fearing H3372 God H430 and turning H5493 away H5493 from evil H7451. And he still H5750 holds H2388 firm H2388 to his integrity H8538, although you incited H5496 Me against him to [fn]ruin H1104 him without H2600 cause H2600.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:19 -

[fn]Will You never H3808 turn H8159 Your gaze H8159 away H8159 from me,

Nor H3808 leave H7503 me alone H7503 until H5704 I swallow H1104 my spittle H7536?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:18 -

“If H518 he is [fn]removed H1104 from his place H4725,

Then it will deny H3584 him, saying, ‘I never H3808 saw H7200 you.’

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:8 -

‘Your hands H3027 fashioned H6087 and made H6213 me [fn]altogether H3162 H5439,

Yet would You destroy H1104 me?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:15 -

“He swallows H1104 riches H2428,

But will vomit H6958 them up H6958;

God H410 will expel H3423 them from his belly H990.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:18 -

“He returns H7725 the product H3022 of H3022 his labor H3022

And cannot H3808 swallow H1104 it;

As to the riches H2428 of his trading H8545,

He cannot H3808 even enjoy H5965 them.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:20 -

“Shall it be told H5608 Him that I would speak H1696?

[fn]Or H518 should a man H376 say H559 that he would be swallowed H1104 up H1104?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:9 -

You will make H7896 them as a fiery H784 oven H8574 in the time H6256 [fn]of your anger H6440;

The LORD H3068 will swallow H1104 them up H1104 in His wrath H639,

And fire H784 will devour H398 them.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:25 -

Do not let them say H559 in their heart H3820, “Aha H1889, our desire H5315!”

Do not let them say H559, “We have swallowed H1104 him up H1104!”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:9 -

Confuse H1104 them, Lord H136, divide H6385 their tongues H3956,

For I have seen H7200 violence H2555 and strife H7379 in the city H5892.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:15 -

May the [fn]flood H7641 of water H4325 not overflow H7857 me

Nor H408 the deep H4688 swallow H1104 me up H1104,

Nor H408 the pit H875 close H332 its mouth H6310 on me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:17 -

The earth H776 opened H6605 and swallowed H1104 up H1104 Dathan H1885,

And engulfed H3680 the [fn]company H5712 of Abiram H48.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:27 -

They reeled H2287 and staggered H5128 like a drunken H7910 person H7910,

And [fn]were H1104 at H1104 their wits’ H2451 end H1104.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:3 -

Then H233 they would have swallowed H1104 us alive H2416,

When their anger H639 was kindled H2734 against us;

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:12 -

Let’s swallow H1104 them alive H2416 like Sheol H7585,

Even whole H8549, like those who go H3381 down H3381 to the pit H953;

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:28 -

A worthless H1100 witness H5707 makes H3887 a H3887 mockery H3887 of justice H4941,

And the mouth H6310 of the wicked H7563 [fn]swallows H1104 wrongdoing H205.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:20 -

There is precious H2530 treasure H214 and oil H8081 in the home H5116 of the wise H2450,

But a foolish H3684 person H120 swallows H1104 it up H1104.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:12 - Words H1697 from the mouth H6310 of a wise H2450 person H2450 are gracious H2580, while the lips H8193 of a fool H3684 consume H1104 him;
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:12 -

My people H5971! Their oppressors H5065 treat H5953 them violently H5953,

And women H802 rule H4910 over them.

My people H5971! Those who guide H833 you lead H8582 you astray H8582

And confuse H1104 the direction H1870 of your paths H734.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:16 -

For those who guide H833 this H2088 people H5971 are leading H8582 them astray H8582;

And those who are guided H833 by them are [fn]confused H1104.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:3 -

“Then the spirit H7307 of the Egyptians H4714 will be demoralized H1238 within H7130 them;

And I will confuse H1104 their strategy H6098,

So that they will resort H1875 to idols H457 and ghosts H328 of H328 the H328 dead H328,

And to [fn]mediums H178 and spiritists H3049.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:7 -

And on this H2088 mountain H2022 He will destroy H1104 the [fn]covering H6440 H3875 which is over H5921 all H3605 peoples H5971,

The veil H4541 which is [fn]stretched H5259 over H5921 all H3605 nations H1471.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:8 -

He will [fn]swallow H1104 up H1104 death H4194 for all H5331 time H5331,

And the Lord H136 [fn]GOD H3068 will wipe H4229 tears H1832 away H4229 from all H3605 faces H6440,

And He will remove H5493 the disgrace H2781 of His people H5971 from all H3605 the earth H776;

For the LORD H3068 has spoken H1696.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:4 -

And the fading H5034 flower H6731 of its glorious H6643 beauty H6643,

Which H834 is at the head H7218 of the [fn]fertile H8081 valley H1516,

Will be like the first-ripe H1063 fig H1063 prior H2962 to the summer H7019,

Which H834 [fn]one sees H7200,

And [fn]as soon H5750 as it is in his [fn]hand H3709,

He swallows H1104 it.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:7 -

And these H428 also H1571 reel H7686 with wine H3196 and stagger H8582 from intoxicating H7941 drink H7941:

The priest H3548 and the prophet H5030 reel H7686 with intoxicating H7941 drink H7941,

They are confused H1104 by wine H3196, they stagger H8582 from intoxicating H7941 drink H7941;

They reel H7686 while [fn]having visions H7203,

They stagger H6328 when rendering a verdict H6417.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:19 -

“For your ruins H2723 and deserted H8074 places and your destroyed H2035 land H776

Now H6258 you will certainly H3588 be H6887 too H4480 cramped H6887 for the inhabitants H3427,

And those who swallowed H1104 you will be H7368 far H7368 away H7368.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:34 -

“Nebuchadnezzar H5019 the king H4428 of Babylon H894 has devoured H398 me, he has crushed H2000 me,

He has set H3322 me down H3322 like an empty H7386 vessel H3627;

He has swallowed H1104 me like a monster H8577,

He has filled H4390 his stomach H3770 with my delicacies H5730;

He has washed H1740 me away H1740.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:2 -

The Lord H136 has [fn]destroyed H1104; He has not spared H2550

All H3605 the settlements H4999 of Jacob H3290.

In His wrath H5678 He has overthrown H2040

The strongholds H4013 of the daughter H1323 of Judah H3063,

He has hurled H5060 them down H5060 to the ground H776;

He has profaned H2490 the kingdom H4467 and its leaders H8269.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:5 -

The Lord H136 has become H1961 like an enemy H340.

He has engulfed H1104 Israel H3478;

He has engulfed H1104 all H3605 its palaces H759,

He has destroyed H7843 its strongholds H4013

And caused H7235 great H7235 mourning H8386 and grieving H592 in the daughter H1323 of Judah H3063.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:8 -

The LORD H3068 determined H2803 to destroy H7843

The wall H2346 of the daughter H1323 of Zion H6726.

He has stretched H5186 out H5186 a line H6957,

He has not restrained H7725 His hand H3027 from [fn]destroying H1104,

And He has caused rampart H2426 and wall H2346 to mourn H56;

They have languished H535 together H3162.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:16 -

All H3605 your enemies H340

Have opened H6475 their mouths H6310 wide H6475 against H5921 you;

They [fn]hiss H8319 and gnash H2786 their teeth H8127.

They say H559, “We have engulfed H1104 her!

This H2088 certainly H389 is the day H3117 which H7945 we awaited H6960;

We have reached H4672 it, we have seen H7200 it!

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:7 -

For they sow H2232 wind H7307

And they harvest H7114 a storm H5492.

The standing H7054 grain H7054 has H369 no H369 [fn]kernels H6780;

It yields H6213 no H1097 [fn]grain H7058.

If H194 it were to yield H6213, strangers H2114 would swallow H1104 it.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:8 -

Israel H3478 has been swallowed H1104 up H1104;

They are now H6258 among the nations H1471

Like a vessel H3627 in which no H369 one H369 delights H2656.

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:17 -

[fn]And the LORD H3068 designated H4487 a great H1419 fish H1709 to swallow H1104 Jonah H3124, and Jonah H3124 was in the stomach H4578 of the fish H1709 for three H7969 days H3117 and three H7969 nights H3915.

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:13 -

Your eyes H5869 are too H4480 pure H2889 to look H7200 at evil H7451,

And You cannot H3201 H3808 look H5027 at harm H5999 favorably.

Why H4100 do You look H5027 favorably

At those who deal H898 treacherously H898?

Why are H2790 You silent H2790 when the wicked H7563 swallow H1104 up H1104

Those more H4480 righteous H6662 than H4480 they?

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