22 occurrences

'Swallow' in the Bible

But if Jehovah make a new thing, and the ground open its mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down alive into Sheol; then ye shall understand that these men have despised Jehovah.

And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them; for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up.

I am 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 the inheritance of Jehovah?

And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.

How long wilt thou not look away from me, Nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?

That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down; According to the substance that he hath gotten, he shall not rejoice.

Thou wilt make them as a fiery furnace in the time of thine anger: Jehovah will swallow them up in his wrath, And the fire shall devour them.

Be merciful unto me, O God; for man would swallow me up: All the day long he fighting oppresseth me.

Mine enemies would swallow me up all the day long; For they are many that fight proudly against me.

He will send from heaven, and save me, When he that would swallow me up reproacheth; Selah God will send forth his lovingkindness and his truth.

Let not the waterflood overwhelm me, Neither let the deep swallow me up; And let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.

Yea, the sparrow hath found her a house, And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, Even thine altars, O Jehovah of hosts, My King, and my God.

Let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, And whole, as those that go down into the pit;

As the sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying, So the curse that is causeless alighteth not.

The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

Like a swallow or a crane, so did I chatter; I did moan as a dove; mine eyes fail with looking upward: O Lord, I am oppressed, be thou my surety.

Yea, the stork in the heavens knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle-dove and the swallow and the crane observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the law of Jehovah.

For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: he hath no standing grain; the blade shall yield no meal; if so be it yield, strangers shall swallow it up.

Hear this, O ye that would swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail,

For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the nations drink continually; yea, they shall drink, and swallow down, and shall be as though they had not been.

And Jehovah prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah; and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

Ye blind guides, that strain out the gnat, and swallow the camel!

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
לוּע 
Luwa` 
Usage: 2

καταπίνω 
Katapino 
Usage: 6

בּלע 
Bala` 
swallow ... , destroy , devour , covered , at...end
Usage: 49

בּלע 
Bela` 
Usage: 2

גּמא 
Gama' 
Usage: 2

דּרור 
D@rowr 
Usage: 2

עגוּר 
`aguwr 
Usage: 2

שׁאף 
Sha'aph 
Usage: 14

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