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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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Isaiah 25:8
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He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the Lord hath spoken it.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 25:8 · retained source text

He will swallow vp death in victorie, and the LORD God wil wipe away teares from off al faces, and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it.

1611 marginal note1.Cor.15.55

1611 marginal noteReuel.7.17. and 21.4.

Isaiah 38:14
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Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 38:14 · retained source text

Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter; I did mourne as a doue: mine eyes faile with looking vpward: O LORD, I am oppressed, vndertake for me.

1611 marginal noteOr, ease me.

Complete reference index — all 23 verses
Numbers 16:30Numbers 16:342 Samuel 20:192 Samuel 20:20Job 7:19Job 20:18Psalms 21:9Psalms 56:1Psalms 56:2Psalms 57:3Psalms 69:15Psalms 84:3Proverbs 1:12Proverbs 26:2Ecclesiastes 10:12Isaiah 25:8Isaiah 38:14Jeremiah 8:7Hosea 8:7Amos 8:4Obadiah 1:16Jonah 1:17Matthew 23:24

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Numbers2 occurrences
2 verses2 Samuel2 occurrences
2 versesJob2 occurrences
2 versesPsalms6 occurrences
6 versesProverbs2 occurrences
2 versesEcclesiastes1 occurrence
1 verseIsaiah2 occurrences
2 versesJeremiah1 occurrence
1 verseHosea1 occurrence
1 verseAmos1 occurrence
1 verseObadiah1 occurrence
1 verseJonah1 occurrence
1 verseMatthew1 occurrence
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