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Hebrew word study

בָּלַעbâlaʻ — to make away with (specifically by swallowing)

Pronounced “baw-lah'”

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

Translated in the King James as: cover, destroy, devour, eat up, be at end, spend up, swallow down (up).

Appears 49 times in Scripture

Origin: a primitive root;

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Where it appears

Genesis — 2×
Genesis 41:7Genesis 41:24
Exodus — 2×
Exodus 7:12Exodus 15:12
Numbers — 5×
Numbers 4:20Numbers 16:30Numbers 16:32Numbers 16:34Numbers 26:10
Deuteronomy — 1×
Deuteronomy 11:6
2 Samuel — 3×
2 Sam 17:162 Sam 20:192 Sam 20:20
Job — 7×
Job 2:3Job 7:19Job 8:18Job 10:8Job 20:15Job 20:18Job 37:20
Psalms — 7×
Psalms 21:9Psalms 35:25Psalms 55:9Psalms 69:15Psalms 106:17Psalms 107:27Psalms 124:3
Proverbs — 3×
Proverbs 1:12Proverbs 19:28Proverbs 21:20
Ecclesiastes — 1×
Eccles 10:12
Isaiah — 8×
Isaiah 3:12Isaiah 9:16Isaiah 19:3Isaiah 25:7Isaiah 25:8Isaiah 28:4Isaiah 28:7Isaiah 49:19
Jeremiah — 1×
Jeremiah 51:34
Lamentations — 5×
Lam 2:2Lam 2:5Lam 2:8Lam 2:16+ 1 more in Lamentations
Hosea — 2×
Hosea 8:7Hosea 8:8
Jonah — 1×
Jonah 1:17
Habakkuk — 1×
Habakkuk 1:13

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Lexicon data: Open Scriptures Strong’s dictionaries (CC-BY-SA). Word alignment: Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain). Self-hosted by Seen.