Occurrences
Bâlaʻ occurs 49 times in 48 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (2), Exodus (2), Numbers (5), Deuteronomy (1), 2 Samuel (3), Job (7), Psalms (7), Proverbs (3), Ecclesiastes (1), Isaiah (8), Jeremiah (1), Lamentations (4), Hosea (2), Jonah (1), Habakkuk (1)
- Genesis 41:7 — And the seven thin ears devoured (וַתִּבְלַ֙עְנָה֙) the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.
- Genesis 41:24 — And the thin ears devoured (וַתִּבְלַ֙עְןָ֙) the seven good ears: and I told this unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.
- Exodus 7:12 — For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron’s rod swallowed up (וַיִּבְלַ֥ע) their rods.
- Exodus 15:12 — Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, the earth swallowed (תִּבְלָעֵ֖מוֹ) them.
- Numbers 4:20 — But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered (כְּבַלַּ֥ע), lest they die.
- Numbers 16:30 — But if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up (וּבָלְעָ֤ה), 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 — And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up (וַתִּבְלַ֥ע), and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods.
- Numbers 16:34 — And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up (תִּבְלָעֵ֖נוּ) also.
- Numbers 26:10 — And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together (וַתִּבְלַ֥ע) with Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and they became a sign.
- Deuteronomy 11:6 — 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 (וַתִּבְלָעֵ֥ם), 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 — 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 (יְבֻלַּ֣ע), and all the people that are with him.
- 2 Samuel 20:19 — 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 (תְבַלַּ֖ע) the inheritance of the LORD?
- 2 Samuel 20:20 — And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up (אֲבַלַּ֖ע) or destroy.
- Job 2:3 — 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 (לְבַלְּע֥וֹ) him without cause.
- Job 7:19 — How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down (בִּלְעִ֥י) my spittle?
- Job 8:18 — If he destroy (יְבַלְּעֶ֥נּוּ) him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.
- Job 10:8 — Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy (וַֽתְּבַלְּעֵֽנִי) me.
- Job 20:15 — He hath swallowed down (בָּ֭לַע) riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.
- Job 20:18 — That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down (יִבְלָ֑ע): according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein.
- Job 37:20 — Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up (יְבֻלָּֽע).
- Psalms 21:9 — Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up (יְבַלְּעֵ֑ם) in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.
- Psalms 35:25 — Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up (בִּֽלַּעֲנֽוּהוּ).
- Psalms 55:9 — Destroy (בַּלַּ֣ע), O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
- Psalms 69:15 — Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up (תִּבְלָעֵ֣נִי), and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
- Psalms 106:17 — The earth opened and swallowed up (וַתִּבְלַ֣ע) Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.
- Psalms 107:27 — They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits’ end (תִּתְבַּלָּֽע).
- Psalms 124:3 — Then they had swallowed us up (בְּלָע֑וּנוּ) quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:
- Proverbs 1:12 — Let us swallow them up (נִ֭בְלָעֵם) alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
- Proverbs 19:28 — An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth (יְבַלַּע) iniquity.
- Proverbs 21:20 — There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up (יְבַלְּעֶֽנּוּ).
- Ecclesiastes 10:12 — The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up (תְּבַלְּעֶֽנּוּ) himself.
- Isaiah 3:12 — 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 (בִּלֵּֽעוּ) the way of thy paths.
- Isaiah 9:16 — For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed (מְבֻלָּעִֽים).
- Isaiah 19:3 — And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy (אֲבַלֵּ֑עַ) 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 — And he will destroy (וּבִלַּע֙) in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations.
- Isaiah 25:8 — He will swallow up (בִּלַּ֤ע) 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 28:4 — And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up (יִבְלָעֶֽנָּה).
- Isaiah 28:7 — 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 (נִבְלְע֣וּ) of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.
- Isaiah 49:19 — 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 (מְבַלְּעָֽיִךְ) shall be far away.
- Jeremiah 51:34 — Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up (בְּלָעַ֙נִי֙) like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.
- Lamentations 2:2 — The Lord hath swallowed up (בִּלַּ֨ע) 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 — The Lord was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up (בִּלַּ֣ע) 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 2:5 — The Lord was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up (בִּלַּע֙) all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.
- Lamentations 2:8 — 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 (מִבַּלֵּ֑עַ): therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together.
- Lamentations 2:16 — All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up (בִּלָּ֑עְנוּ): certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.
- Hosea 8:7 — For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up (יִבְלָעֻֽהוּ).
- Hosea 8:8 — Israel is swallowed up (נִבְלַ֖ע): now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.
- Jonah 1:17 — Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up (לִבְלֹ֖עַ) Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
- Habakkuk 1:13 — 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 (בְּבַלַּ֥ע) the man that is more righteous than he?