בָּלַע (ba.la) means “to swallow up” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: baw-lah' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
בָּלַע · ba.la · to swallow up
1) to swallow down, swallow up, engulf, eat up 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to swallow down 1a2) to swallow up, engulf 1b) (Niphal) to be swallowed up 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to swallow 1c2) to swallow up, engulf 1c3) squandering (fig.) 1d) (Pual) to be swallowed up 1e) (Hithpael) to be ended
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a primitive root; to make away with (specifically by swallowing); generally, to destroy
KJV glosses: cover, destroy, devour, eat up, be at end, spend up, swallow down (up).
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| and swallowed | 3 |
| he has swallowed up | 2 |
| he will swallow up | 2 |
| swallow up | 2 |
| swallowed up | 2 |
| and are befuddled | 1 |
| and destroy me | 1 |
| and i will frustrate | 1 |
| and swallow it | 1 |
| and swallowed them | 1 |
| and swallows | 1 |
| and those who devoured you | 1 |
| are swallowed up | 1 |
| confuse | 1 |
| consume him | 1 |
| consumes them | 1 |
| consuming it | 1 |
| even for a moment | 1 |
| from destroying | 1 |
| has swallowed up | 1 |
| he has swallowed me | 1 |
| he is uprooted | 1 |
| he swallows | 1 |
| is swallowed up | 1 |
| let us swallow them | 1 |
| swallow | 1 |
| swallow me up | 1 |
| swallow us too | 1 |
| swallowed | 1 |
| swallowed them up | 1 |
| swallows | 1 |
| they turn you | 1 |
| they would have swallowed us | 1 |
| to be swallowed up | 1 |
| to ruin him | 1 |
| to swallow | 1 |
| was useless | 1 |
| we have swallowed her up | 1 |
| we have swallowed him up | 1 |
| will be swallowed up | 1 |
| will engulf them | 1 |
| would swallow it up | 1 |
| would you swallow up | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| and swallowed them up | 3 |
| devoured | 2 |
| devoureth | 2 |
| he hath swallowed up | 2 |
| and destroy | 1 |
| and he will destroy | 1 |
| and swallow them up | 1 |
| and swallowed up | 1 |
| and they that swallowed thee up | 1 |
| are covered | 1 |
| be swallowed up | 1 |
| destroy | 1 |
| destroyed | 1 |
| down | 1 |
| end | 1 |
| from destroying | 1 |
| from me that i should swallow up | 1 |
| hath swallowed up | 1 |
| he eateth it up | 1 |
| he hath swallowed down | 1 |
| he hath swallowed me up | 1 |
| he will swallow up | 1 |
| if he destroy | 1 |
| is swallowed up | 1 |
| let us swallow them up | 1 |
| me against him to destroy | 1 |
| shall swallow it up | 1 |
| shall swallow them up | 1 |
| spendeth it up | 1 |
| surely he shall be swallowed up | 1 |
| swallow me up | 1 |
| swallow us up | 1 |
| swallowed | 1 |
| swallowed up | 1 |
| thereof and i will destroy | 1 |
| they are swallowed up | 1 |
| they had swallowed us up | 1 |
| till i swallow down | 1 |
| to swallow up | 1 |
| up | 1 |
| we have swallowed him up | 1 |
| why wilt thou swallow up | 1 |
| will swallow up | 1 |
| yet thou dost destroy | 1 |
Page 1 of 1. 48 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
And the thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven plump, ripe ones. Then Pharaoh awoke and realized it was a dream.
Read word by wordAnd the thin heads of grain swallowed the seven plump ones. I told this dream to the magicians, but no one could explain it to me.”
Read word by wordEach one threw down his staff, and it became a serpent. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up the other staffs.
Read word by wordYou stretched out Your right hand, and the earth swallowed them up.
Read word by wordBut the Kohathites are not to go in and look at the holy objects, even for a moment, or they will die.”
Read word by wordBut if the LORD brings about something unprecedented, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them and all that belongs to them so that they go down alive into Sheol, then you will know that these men have treated the LORD with contempt.”
Read word by wordand the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and their households—all Korah’s men and all their possessions.
Read word by wordAt their cries, all the people of Israel who were around them fled, saying, “The earth may swallow us too!”
Read word by wordAnd the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them along with Korah, whose followers died when the fire consumed 250 men. They serve as a warning sign.
Read word by wordand what He did in the midst of all the Israelites to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab the Reubenite, when the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, their households, their tents, and every living thing that belonged to them.
Read word by wordNow send quickly and tell David, ‘Do not spend the night at the fords of the wilderness, but be sure to cross over. Otherwise the king and all the people with him will be swallowed up.’”
Read word by wordI am among the peaceable and faithful in Israel, but you are trying to destroy a city that is a mother in Israel. Why would you swallow up the LORD’s inheritance?”
Read word by word“Far be it!” Joab declared. “Far be it from me to swallow up or destroy!
Read word by wordThen the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil. He still retains his integrity, even though you incited Me against him to ruin him without cause.”
Read word by wordWill You never look away from me, or leave me alone to swallow my spittle?
Read word by wordIf he is uprooted from his place, it will disown him, saying, ‘I never saw you.’
Read word by wordYour hands shaped me and altogether formed me. Would You now turn and destroy me?
Read word by wordHe swallows wealth but vomits it out; God will force it from his stomach.
Read word by wordHe must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it; he cannot enjoy the profits of his trading.
Read word by wordShould He be told that I want to speak? Would a man ask to be swallowed up?
Read word by wordYou will place them in a fiery furnace at the time of Your appearing. In His wrath the LORD will engulf them, and the fire will consume them.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 21.10
Let them not say in their hearts, “Aha, just what we wanted!” Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up!”
Read word by wordO Lord, confuse and confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 55.10
Do not let the floods engulf me or the depths swallow me up; let not the Pit close its mouth over me.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 69.16
The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it covered the assembly of Abiram.
Read word by wordThey reeled and staggered like drunkards, and all their skill was useless.
Read word by wordwhen their anger flared against us, then they would have swallowed us alive,
Read word by wordlet us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those descending into the Pit.
Read word by wordA corrupt witness mocks justice, and a wicked mouth swallows iniquity.
Read word by wordPrecious treasures and oil are in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish man consumes them.
Read word by wordThe words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool consume him.
Read word by wordYouths oppress My people, and women rule over them. O My people, your guides mislead you; they turn you from your paths.
Read word by wordFor those who guide this people mislead them, and those they mislead are swallowed up.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 9.15
Then the spirit of the Egyptians will be emptied out from among them, and I will frustrate their plans, so that they will resort to idols and spirits of the dead, to mediums and spiritists.
Read word by wordOn this mountain He will swallow up the shroud that enfolds all peoples, the sheet that covers all nations;
Read word by wordHe will swallow up death forever. The Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from every face and remove the disgrace of His people from the whole earth. For the LORD has spoken.
Read word by wordThe fading flower of his beautiful splendor, set on the summit above the fertile valley, will be like a ripe fig before the summer harvest: Whoever sees it will take it in his hand and swallow it.
Read word by wordThese also stagger from wine and stumble from strong drink: Priests and prophets reel from strong drink and are befuddled by wine. They stumble because of strong drink, muddled in their visions and stumbling in their judgments.
Read word by wordFor your ruined and desolate places and your ravaged land will now indeed be too small for your people, and those who devoured you will be far away.
Read word by word“Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me; he has crushed me. He has set me aside like an empty vessel; he has swallowed me like a monster; he filled his belly with my delicacies and vomited me out.
Read word by wordWithout pity the Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob. In His wrath He has demolished the fortified cities of the Daughter of Judah. He brought to the ground and defiled her kingdom and its princes.
Read word by wordThe Lord is like an enemy; He has swallowed up Israel. He has swallowed up all her palaces and destroyed her strongholds. He has multiplied mourning and lamentation for the Daughter of Judah.
Read word by wordThe LORD determined to destroy the wall of the Daughter of Zion. He stretched out a measuring line and did not withdraw His hand from destroying. He made the ramparts and walls lament; together they waste away.
Read word by wordAll your enemies open their mouths against you. They hiss and gnash their teeth, saying, “We have swallowed her up. This is the day for which we have waited. We have lived to see it!”
Read word by wordFor they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. There is no standing grain; what sprouts fails to yield flour. Even if it should produce, the foreigners would swallow it up.
Read word by wordIsrael is swallowed up! Now they are among the nations like a worthless vessel.
Read word by wordNow the LORD had appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah spent three days and three nights in the belly of the fish.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 2.1
Your eyes are too pure to look upon evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You tolerate the faithless? Why are You silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?
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