KJV dictionary & concordance

swallow

Meaning of “swallow”

Sense 1: A small bird. Sense 2: To take into the mouth and pass inward, consume, engulf, devour, or overwhelm.

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23 occurrences23 verses13 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Numbers 16:30

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Hosea 8:7

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For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.

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The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Hosea 8:7 · retained source text

For they haue sowen the winde, and they shall reape the whirlewinde: it hath no stalke: the budde shall yeeld no meale: if so be it yeeld, the strangers shall swallow it vp.

1611 marginal noteOr, standing corne.

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Where “swallow” appears

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Numbers2 occurrences
2 verses 2 Samuel2 occurrences
2 verses Job2 occurrences
2 verses Psalms6 occurrences
6 verses Proverbs2 occurrences
2 verses Ecclesiastes1 occurrence
1 verse Isaiah2 occurrences
2 verses Jeremiah1 occurrence
1 verse Hosea1 occurrence
1 verse Amos1 occurrence
1 verse Obadiah1 occurrence
1 verse Jonah1 occurrence
1 verse Matthew1 occurrence
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Psalm 69:15 Psalm 84:3 Isaiah 25:8 Jeremiah 51:34 Jonah 1:17 1 Corinthians 15:54 2 Corinthians 5:4 Psalms 69:15 Numbers 16:30 2 Samuel 20:19 Job 7:19 Psalms 21:9 Psalms 56:2 Proverbs 1:12 Ecclesiastes 10:12 Isaiah 38:14 Hosea 8:7 Obadiah 1:16 Matthew 23:24