King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H1105
Transliteration: bela
Phonetic Spelling: (beh'-lah)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a swallowing, devouring, a thing swallowed
Meaning: a swallowing, devouring, a thing swallowed
Word Summary
bela: a swallowing, devouring, a thing swallowed
Original Word: בֶּלַעTransliteration: bela
Phonetic Spelling: (beh'-lah)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a swallowing, devouring, a thing swallowed
Meaning: a swallowing, devouring, a thing swallowed
Strong's Concordance
devouring, that which he hath swallowed up From bala'; a gulp; figuratively, destruction -- devouring, that which he hath swallowed up.
see HEBREW bala'
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H1105. bela
I. בֶּ֫לַע noun [masculine] swallowing, devouring, thing swallowed.
1 swallowing = destruction, דִּבְרֵיבָֿ֑לַע Psalm 52:6 devouring words ("" מִרְמָה לְשׁוֺן).
2 thing swallowed בִּלְעוֺ, Jeremiah 51:44 מִמִּיו אתבֿ ׳וְהֹצֵאתִי and I will bring forth that which he hath swallowed out of his mouth.