Definition

a gulp; figuratively, destruction

Etymology

from H1104 (בָּלַע);

Word family

• בָּלַע bâlaʻ

How the KJV renders it

• devouring
• that which he hath swallowed up

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.