Hebrew word

bâlaʻ

baw-lah'

בָּלַע

What it means

to make away with

to make away with (specifically by swallowing); generally, to destroy

Where it comes from

a primitive root

How the King James translates it

swallowed14
swallow8
destroy6
down3
devoured2
devoureth2
covered1
destroying1

Every place it appears 37

Genesis41:7 41:24

Exodus7:12

Numbers4:20 16:30 16:32 26:10

Deuteronomy11:6

2 Samuel17:16 20:19 20:20

Job2:3 7:19 8:18 20:15 20:18

Psalms21:9 55:9 69:15 106:17 124:3

Proverbs1:12 19:28

Isaiah3:12 19:3 25:7 25:8 28:7 49:19

Jeremiah51:34

Lamentations2:2 2:5 2:8

Hosea8:8

Jonah1:17

Habakkuk1:13

bâlaʻ — Hebrew word meaning “to make away with”