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Strong H38862 sensesלוּעַ

to swallow · to talk wildly

Transliteration
lûa‛
Pronunciation
loo'-ah

The 2 senses of Strong H3886

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H3886 appears in 2 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. to swallowH3886A(Qal) to swallow, swallow down1 verse · Obadiah
  2. to talk wildlyH3886B1 verse · Job

General definition

A primitive root; to gulp; figuratively to be rash: - swallow down (up).

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • swallow2

First verses

  1. Job 6:3
    For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.
  2. 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.