OT-HISTORY.filter - rwp Swallowed:

rwp@Galatians:5:15 @{If ye bite and devour one another} (\ei alllous daknete kai katesthiete\). Condition of first class assumed as true. Two common and old verbs often used together of wild animals, or like cats and dogs. {That ye be not consumed one of another} (\m hup' allln analthte\). Negative final clause with first aorist passive subjunctive of \analisk\, old word to consume or spend. In N.T. only here and strkjv@Luke:9:54|. There is a famous story of two snakes that grabbed each other by the tail and each swallowed the other.

rwp@Hebrews:11:29 @{Which assaying to do} (\hs pieran labontes\). Literally, "of which taking trial" (second aorist active participle of \lamban\, to take). The idiom \peiran lambanein\ occurs in strkjv@Deuteronomy:28:56|, in N.T. only here and verse 36|, though a classical idiom (Demosthenes, etc.). {Were swallowed up} (\katepothsan\). First aorist passive indicative of \katapin\, to drink down, to swallow down (Matthew:23:24|).