קוֹאqôwʼ
קִיא: vomit up, spue out, disgorge
Pronunciation: ko · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6958
Meanings
Qal: read probably קָ֫אָה, (Qal or Hiph`il) (Leviticus 18:28; Jonah 2:11; Job 20:15)
Hiph`il: vomit up (Proverbs 25:16; Proverbs 23:8; Jonah 2:11)
קָיָה: vomit
Qal: (? error for וְקִיאוּ) (Jeremiah 25:27)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 8 times in the Bible.
- Leviticus 18:25 Because the entire land has become defiled, I am punishing the people who live there. I will cause the land to vomit them out.
- Leviticus 18:28 So do not defile the land and give it a reason to vomit you out, as it will vomit out the people who live there now.
- Leviticus 20:22 “You must keep all my decrees and regulations by putting them into practice; otherwise the land to which I am bringing you as your new home will vomit you out.
- Job 20:15 They will vomit the wealth they swallowed. God won’t let them keep it down.
- Proverbs 23:8 You will throw up what little you’ve eaten, and your compliments will be wasted.
- Proverbs 25:16 Do you like honey? Don’t eat too much, or it will make you sick!
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).