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בָּלַע H1104
H1104 is the Hebrew word בָּלַע, transliterated bâlaʻ and said baw-lah'. The King James Version most often renders it swallowed up.
What it means
to make away with (specifically by swallowing); generally, to destroy.
Where it comes from
a primitive root.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 28 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: cover, destroy, devour, eat up, be at end, spend up, swallow down (up).
Verses using בָּלַע
All 37 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 41:7 · KJV
And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.
Genesis 41:24 · KJV
And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.
Exodus 7:12 · KJV
For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods.
Numbers 4:20 · KJV
But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die.
Numbers 16:30 · KJV
But if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the LORD.
Numbers 16:32 · KJV
And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods.
Numbers 26:10 · KJV
And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and they became a sign.
Deuteronomy 11:6 · KJV
And what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben: how the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and all the substance that was in their possession, in the midst of all Israel:
2 Samuel 17:16 · KJV
Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him.
2 Samuel 20:19 · KJV
I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the LORD?
2 Samuel 20:20 · KJV
And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.
Job 2:3 · KJV
And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.
Job 7:19 · KJV
How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
Job 8:18 · KJV
If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.
Job 20:15 · KJV
He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.
Job 20:18 · KJV
That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein.
Psalm 21:9 · KJV
Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.
Psalm 55:9 · KJV
Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
Psalm 69:15 · KJV
Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
Psalm 106:17 · KJV
The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.
Psalm 124:3 · KJV
Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:
Proverbs 1:12 · KJV
Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
Proverbs 19:28 · KJV
An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.
Isaiah 3:12 · KJV
As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.
Isaiah 19:3 · KJV
And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.
Isaiah 25:7 · KJV
And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations.
Isaiah 25:8 · KJV
He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it.
Isaiah 28:7 · KJV
But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.
Isaiah 49:19 · KJV
For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away.
Jeremiah 51:34 · KJV
Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.
Lamentations 2:2 · KJV
The LORD hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he hath brought them down to the ground: he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof.
Lamentations 2:5 · KJV
The LORD was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.
Lamentations 2:8 · KJV
The LORD hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together.
Lamentations 2:16 · KJV
All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.
Hosea 8:8 · KJV
Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.
Jonah 1:17 · KJV
Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
Habakkuk 1:13 · KJV
Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?
Common questions
What does Strong's H1104 mean?
H1104 is the Hebrew word בָּלַע (bâlaʻ), meaning to make away with (specifically by swallowing); generally, to destroy.
How is H1104 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it swallowed up (8 times), swallow them up (3 times), swallowed them up (3 times), destroy (3 times), devoured (2 times), among others.
How many times does H1104 appear in the Bible?
בָּלַע (bâlaʻ) is tagged in 37 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H1104 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.
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