H3886: לוּעַ
lûwaʻ · pronounced loo'-ah · “to swallow”
Definition
to gulp; figuratively, to be rash
KJV translates it as: swallow down (up).
Word origin: a primitive root;
Extended definition
(Qal) to swallow, swallow down
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H3886 is translated
- they have been rash ×1
- they will swallow ×1
Bible verses with H3886 (lûwaʻ)
Lûwaʻ appears in 2 verses.
- Job 6:3
For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.
- 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.