3886 - luwa'

Strong's Concordance

Original word: לָעַע
Transliteration: luwa'
Definition (short): swallow
Definition (full): to swallow, swallow down

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

A primitive root; to gulp; figuratively, to be rash -- swallow down (up).
KJV: For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.
NASB: "For then it would be heavier than the sand of the seas; Therefore my words have been rash.
KJV: It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make inquiry.
NASB: It is a trap for a man to say rashly, "It is holy!" And after the vows to make inquiry.
KJV: 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.
NASB: "Because just as you drank on My holy mountain, All the nations will drink continually. They will drink and swallow And become as if they had never existed.