1105. bela
Lexicon
bela: Destruction, engulfing, ruin

Original Word: בֶּלַע
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: bela`
Pronunciation: beh-lah
Phonetic Spelling: (beh'-lah)
KJV: devouring, that which he hath swallowed up
NASB: devour, what he has swallowed
Word Origin: [from H1104 (בָּלַע - swallowed)]

1. a gulp
2. (figuratively) destruction

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
devouring, that which he hath swallowed up

From bala'; a gulp; figuratively, destruction -- devouring, that which he hath swallowed up.

see HEBREW bala'

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from bala
Definition
a swallowing, devouring, a thing swallowed
NASB Translation
devour (1), what he has swallowed (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
I. בֶּ֫לַע noun [masculine] swallowing, devouring, thing swallowed.

1 swallowing = destruction, דִּבְרֵיבָֿ֑לַע Psalm 52:6 devouring words ("" לְשׁוֺן מִרְמָה).

2 thing swallowed בִּלְעוֺ, Jeremiah 51:44 ׳וְהֹצֵאתִי אתבֿ מִמִּיו and I will bring forth that which he hath swallowed out of his mouth.

Forms and Transliterations
בִּלְעוֹ֙ בָ֗לַע בלע בלעו ḇā·la‘ ḇāla‘ bil‘ōw bil·‘ōw bilO Vala
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Englishman's Concordance
Psalm 52:4
HEB: כָֽל־ דִּבְרֵי־ בָ֗לַע לְשׁ֣וֹן מִרְמָֽה׃
NAS: words that devour, O deceitful
KJV: Thou lovest all devouring words,
INT: all words devour tongue deceitful

Jeremiah 51:44
HEB: וְהֹצֵאתִ֤י אֶת־ בִּלְעוֹ֙ מִפִּ֔יו וְלֹֽא־
NAS: in Babylon, And I will make what he has swallowed come
KJV: out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the nations
INT: Babylon come what of his mouth will no

2 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 1105
2 Occurrences


bil·‘ōw — 1 Occ.
ḇā·la‘ — 1 Occ.

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