Strong’s H3886 · Hebrew

לוּעַ
lûwaʻ
loo'-ah

Definition

to gulp; figuratively, to be rash

Etymology

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

  • swallow down (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.