BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4578
me.eh — belly
1) internal organs, inward parts, bowels, intestines, belly 1a) inward parts 1b) digestive organs 1c) organs of procreation, womb 1d) place of emotions or distress or love (fig.) 1e) external belly Aramaic equivalent: me.ah (מְעָא "belly" H4577)
28 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G1064
gastēr — belly
γαστήρͅ, -τρός, ἡ, [in LXX for בֶּטֶן, ἐν γ. ἔχειν for הרה, ἐν γ. λαμβάνειν for חרה ;] 1. the belly: metaphorically, a glutton, Tit.1:12. 2. the womb: ἐν γ. ἔχειν, to be with child, Mat.1:18, 23" (LXX) 24:19, Mrk.13:17, Luk.21:23, 1Th.5:3, Rev.12:2; εν γ. συλλαμβ., to conceive, Luk.1:31. † (AS)
9 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2570
cho.mesh — belly
belly, abdomen, fifth ribs
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1512
ga.chon — belly
belly (of reptiles)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3770
ke.re.s — belly
belly
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4577
me.ah — belly
external belly, abdomen Aramaic of me.eh (מֵעֶה "belly" H4578)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5845
a.tin — belly
belly, body, bucket, pail, breasts
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6897
qo.vah — belly
1) stomach, belly, maw 1a) stomach (of sacrificial victim) 1b) belly (of woman)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H990
be.ten — belly: abdomen
: abdomen 1) belly, womb, body 1a) belly, abdomen 1a1) as seat of hunger 1a2) as seat of mental faculties 1a3) of depth of Sheol (fig.) 1b) womb
71 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G2836
koilia — belly/womb/stomach
κοιλία, -ας, ἡ (κοῖλος, hollow), [in LXX chiefly for בֶּטֶן, מֵעֶה, קֶרֶב, Deu.7:13, 2Ki.7:12, Gen.41:21, al.; also (Job.3:11 10:18 31:15 38:8) for רֶחֶם ;] 1. the belly (stomach or intestines or both): Mat.12:40 15:17, Mrk.7:19, Luk.15:16, Rom.16:18, 1Co.6:13, Php.3:19, Rev.10:9-10. 2. (As often in LXX) the womb: Luk.1:41-42, 44 2:21 11:27 23:29, Jhn.3:4; ἐκ κ. μητρός (cf. Psa.22:11, Job.1:21, al.), Mat.19:12, Luk.1:15, Act.3:2 14:8, Gal.1:15. 3. Metaphorical (as Heb. בֶּטֶן, cf. Job.15:35, Pro.20:27, Sir.19:12), of the heart: Jhn.7:38.† (AS)
22 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6638
tsa.vah — to swell
1) to swell, swell up 1a) (Qal) to swell (of adulteress' belly) 1b) (Hiphil) to cause to swell (of adulteress' belly)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H193
ul — strength
1) prominence 1a) body, belly (contemptuous)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6896
qe.vah — stomach
1) stomach, belly, maw 1a) stomach (of sacrificial victim) 1b) belly (of woman)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7357
ra.cham — Raham
A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.2.44; son of: Shema (H8087); father of: Jorkeam (H3421) § Raham = "belly" a Judaite, son of Shema, father of Jorkoam, and of the descendants of Caleb
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →The seat of the carnal affections (Titus 1:12; Phil. 3:19; Rom. 16:18). The word is used symbolically for the heart (Prov. 18:8; 20:27; 22:18, marg.). The “belly of hell” signifies the grave or underworld (Jonah 2:2).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
