# בֶּלַע (bela)

Israeli respelling: be-la. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H1105. 2 Old Testament occurrences.

a gulp; figuratively, destruction

King James renderings: devouring, that which he hath swallowed up.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/bela-h1105

## Occurrences

- [Psalms 52:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/52/4) — Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.
- [Jeremiah 51:44](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/51/44) — And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the nations shall not flow t…