בֶּלַע
bela · devouring; destruction
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H1105 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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bela (בֶּלַע) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “devouring; destruction”.
What is swallowed in one gulp; figuratively, destruction, a ruin that devours.
How to say it
be·la
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Whatever someone has gulped down.
- Words that ruin others.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- devour ×1
- what he has swallowed ×1
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Psalms 52:4
You love all words that devour, you tongue of deceit!
- Jeremiah 51:44
And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and bring out what he has swallowed from his mouth; and the nations will no longer stream to him; even the wall of Babylon has fallen.