MANNAFEST

Word Study · Strong's H1104

בָּלַע

bâlaʻ

to make away with (specifically by swallowing)

  • 49occurrencescanonical count
  • 49tagged so farloaded book by book
  • 15books spannedamong tagged text

Strong's Dictionary (1890, public domain)

Definition

to make away with (specifically by swallowing); generally, to destroy KJV usage: cover, destroy, devour, eat up, be at end, spend up, swallow down (up).

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The ledger of occurrences

Genesis2 occurrences
And the thin ears swallowed up the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.
Genesis 41:7ASV

The first tagged occurrence in Genesis.

Exodus2 occurrences
For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods.
Exodus 7:12ASV

The first tagged occurrence in Exodus.

Numbers5 occurrences
Deuteronomy1 occurrence
and what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben; how the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and every living thing that followed them, in the midst of all Israel:
Deuteronomy 11:6ASV

The first tagged occurrence in Deuteronomy.

2 Samuel3 occurrences
Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not this night at the fords of the wilderness, but by all means pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him.
2 Samuel 17:16ASV

The first tagged occurrence in 2 Samuel.

Job7 occurrences
Psalms7 occurrences
Proverbs3 occurrences
Ecclesiastes1 occurrence
The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
Ecclesiastes 10:12ASV

The first tagged occurrence in Ecclesiastes.

Isaiah8 occurrences
Jeremiah1 occurrence
Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath, like a monster, swallowed me up, he hath filled his maw with my delicacies; he hath cast me out.
Jeremiah 51:34ASV

The first tagged occurrence in Jeremiah.

Lamentations5 occurrences
The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: He hath thrown down in his wrath the strongholds of the daughter of Judah; He hath brought them down to the ground; he hath profaned the kingdom and the princes thereof.
Lamentations 2:2ASV

The first tagged occurrence in Lamentations.

Hosea2 occurrences
Jonah1 occurrence
Habakkuk1 occurrence
Hebrew text and word tagging: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), CC BY 4.0. Dictionary: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890, public domain).