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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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Obadiah 1:16
For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the heathen drink continually, yea, they shall drink, and they shall swallow down, and they shall be as though they had not been.
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1611 witness · Obadiah 1:16 · retained source text

For as ye haue drunke vpon my holy mountaine, so shall all the heathen drinke continually: yea, they shall drinke, and they shall swallow downe, and they shall bee as though they had not bene.

1611 marginal noteOr, sup vp.

Jonah 1:17
¶ Now the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
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1611 witness · Jonah 1:17 · retained source text

¶ Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow vp Ionah, and Ionah was in the belly of the fish three dayes, and three nights.

1611 marginal noteHebr. bowels.

1611 marginal noteMatt.12.40. and 16.4. luke 11.30.

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