Strong H3859לָהַם
to swallow
- Transliteration
- lâham
- Pronunciation
- law-ham'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Verb
Definition
A primitive root; properly to burn {in} that {is} (figuratively) to rankle: - wound.
Detailed definition
1) to gulp, swallow greedily
1a) (Hithpael) to be gulped
1a) (Hithpael) to be gulped
In the Bible
Strong H3859 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- wound2
First verses
- Proverbs 18:8The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
- Proverbs 26:22The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.