- Original: בּלע - Transliteration: Bela` - Phonetic: beh-lah - Definition: 1. a swallowing, devouring (fig. for ruin) 2. a thing swallowed - Origin: from H1104 - TWOT entry: 251a - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: From H1104 ; a gulp; figuratively destruction: - devouring that which he hath swallowed up. Total KJV Occurrences: 2 • devouring, 1 Psalm 52:4 • up, 1 Jeremiah 51:44