Lûwaʻ — H3886

Definition

verb

to gulp; figuratively, to be rash

1. (Qal) to swallow, swallow down

Usually translated as

swallow down

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• katabaínō (G2597)
• phaûlos (G5337)

Occurrences

Lûwaʻ occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Job (1), Obadiah (1)

• Job 6:3 — For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up (לָֽעוּ).
• Obadiah 1:16 — For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the heathen drink continually, yea, they shall drink, and they shall swallow down (וְלָע֔וּ), and they shall be as though they had not been.