To swallow

Usually translated “swallowing”, “has been swallowed up” and “may be overwhelmed”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

• swallowing 1
• has been swallowed up 1
• may be overwhelmed 1
• may be swallowed up 1
• were swallowed up 1
• to devour 1
• swallowed up 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

• 2 Corinthians 2
• Matthew 1
• 1 Corinthians 1
• Hebrews 1
• 1 Peter 1
• Revelation 1

6 books in all.

• To swallow up (bala)
• Swallow (sus)
• Swallowing (bela)
• Swallow (deror)

• 1 Corinthians 15:54So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
• 2 Corinthians 2:7So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.
• 2 Corinthians 5:4For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.
• Hebrews 11:29By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned.
• 1 Peter 5:8Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
• Revelation 12:16And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

How the English word “swallow” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.