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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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Proverbs 1:12
Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
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1611 witness · Proverbs 1:12 · retained source text

Let vs swallow them vp aliue, as the graue, and whole, as those that goe downe into the pit:

Proverbs 26:2
As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.
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1611 witness · Proverbs 26:2 · retained source text

As the bird by wandring, as the swallow by flying: so the curse causelesse shall not come.

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