To swallow
לוּעַStrong’s H3886lua (lu-a)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Lua is the Hebrew word usually translated “have been rash” and “swallow”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.”
Meaning
- (Qal) to swallow, swallow down
- To talk wildly
How it's translated
- they have been rash 1
- and they will swallow 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Job 1
- Obadiah 1
2 books in all.
Hebrew dictionary
לוּעַ lua · to swallow
(Qal) to swallow, swallow down
לוּעַ lua · to talk wildly
to talk wildly
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “swallow” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SWAL'LOW, noun
A bird of the genus Hirundo, of many species, among which are the chimney swallow and the martin.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.