Quick Definition
to suck
Strong's Definition
to sip up
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: suck up.
TWOT Reference: 1633
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) to suck up (meaning uncertain)
1a) (Piel) to drink
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
1) to suck up (meaning uncertain)
1a) (Piel) to drink
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
עָלַע
‛âla‛
BDB Definition:
1) to suck up (meaning uncertain)
1a) (Piel) to drink
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1633
Total KJV Occurrences: 1