# בָּלַע (bala) Israeli respelling: ba-la. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew. Strong’s H1104. 48 Old Testament occurrences. to make away with (specifically by swallowing); generally, to destroy King James renderings: cover, destroy, devour, eat up, be at end, spend up, swallow down (up). Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/bala-h1104 ## Occurrences - [Genesis 41:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/41/7) — And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream. - [Genesis 41:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/41/24) — And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me. - [Exodus 7:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/7/12) — For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods. - [Exodus 15:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/15/12) — Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them. - [Numbers 4:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/4/20) — But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die. - [Numbers 16:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/16/30) — But if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down qu… - [Numbers 16:32](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/16/32) — And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods. - [Numbers 16:34](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 also. - [Numbers 26:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/26/10) — And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred… - [Deuteronomy 11:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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, and th… - [2 Samuel 17:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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… - [2 Samuel 20:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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… - [2 Samuel 20:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/20/20) — And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy. - [Job 2:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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,… - [Job 7:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/7/19) — How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle? - [Job 8:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/8/18) — If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee. - [Job 10:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/10/8) — Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me. - [Job 20:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/20/15) — He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly. - [Job 20:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/20/18) — That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he sha… - [Job 37:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/37/20) — Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up. - [Psalms 21:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/21/9) — Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour the… - [Psalms 35:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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. - [Psalms 55:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/55/9) — Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city. - [Psalms 69:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/69/15) — Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me. - [Psalms 106:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/106/17) — The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram. - [Psalms 107:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/107/27) — They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit’s end. - [Psalms 124:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/124/3) — Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us: - [Proverbs 1:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/1/12) — Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit: - [Proverbs 19:28](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/19/28) — An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity. - [Proverbs 21:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/21/20) — There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up. - [Ecclesiastes 10:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/10/12) — The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself. - [Isaiah 3:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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… - [Isaiah 9:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/9/16) — For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed. - [Isaiah 19:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/19/3) — And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to t… - [Isaiah 25:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/25/7) — And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations. - [Isaiah 25:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/25/8) — He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take a… - [Isaiah 28:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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… - [Isaiah 28:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 dr… - [Isaiah 49:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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… - [Jeremiah 51:34](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 like a dr… - [Lamentations 2:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/lamentations/2/2) — The LORD hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daug… - [Lamentations 2:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/lamentations/2/5) — The LORD was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath i… - [Lamentations 2:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 destr… - [Lamentations 2:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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: certainly this i… - [Hosea 8:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 stran… - [Hosea 8:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/8/8) — Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure. - [Jonah 1:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jonah/1/17) — Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. - [Habakkuk 1:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 h…