Strong's Concordance koilia: belly Original Word: κοιλία, ας, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: koilia Phonetic Spelling: (koy-lee'-ah) Short Definition: belly, womb, the inner man Definition: belly, abdomen, heart, a general term covering any organ in the abdomen, e.g. stomach, womb; met: the inner man. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2836: κοιλίακοιλία, κοιλίας, ἡ (κοῖλος hollow); the Sept. for בֶּטֶן, the belly; מֵעִים` the bowels; קֶרֶן, the interior, the midst of a thing; רֶחֶם, the womb; the belly: and 1. the whole belly, the entire cavity; hence ἡ ἄνω and ἡ κάτω κοιλία, the upper (i. e. the stomach) and the lower belly are distinguished; very often so in Greek writings from Herodotus down. 2. the lower belly, the alvine region, the receptacle of the excrement (Plutarch, symp. 7, 1, 3 under the end εἴπερ εἰς κοιλίαν ἐχώρει διά στομαχου πᾶν τό πινόμενον): Matthew 15:17; Mark 7:19. 3. the gullet (Latinstomachus): Matthew 12:40; Luke 15:16 (WH Tr marginal reading χορτασθῆναι ἐκ etc.); 1 Corinthians 6:13; Revelation 10:9f; δουλεύειν τῇ κοιλία, to be given up to the pleasures of the palate, to gluttony (see δουλεύω, 2 b.), Romans 16:18; also for ὧν ὁ Θεός ἡ κοιλία, Philippians 3:19; κοιλίας ὄρεξις, Sir. 23:6. 4. the womb, the place where the foetus is conceived and nourished till birth: Luke 1:41f, 44; Luke 2:21; Luke 11:27; Luke 23:29; John 3:4 (very often so in the Sept.; very rarely in secular authors; Epictetus diss. 3, 22, 74; of the uterus of animals, ibid. 2, 16, 43); ἐκ (beginning from (see ἐκ, IV. 1)) κοιλίας μητρός, Matthew 19:12; Luke 1:15; Acts 3:2; Acts 14:8; Galatians 1:15, (for אֵם מִבֶּטֶן, Psalm 21:11 5. in imitation of the Hebrew בֶּטֶן, tropically, the innermost part of a man, the soul, heart, as the seat of thought, feeling, choice (Job 15:35; Job 32:18 (the Sept. γαστήρ); Proverbs 18:8 (the Sept. ψυχή); From koilos ("hollow"); a cavity, i.e. (especially) the abdomen; by implication, the matrix; figuratively, the heart -- belly, womb. Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 283622 Occurrences κοιλίᾳ — 10 Occ. κοιλίαι — 1 Occ. κοιλίαν — 4 Occ. κοιλίας — 7 Occ. Matthew 12:40 N-DFS GRK: ἐν τῇ κοιλίᾳ τοῦ κήτους NAS: NIGHTS IN THE BELLY OF THE SEA MONSTER, KJV: in the whale's belly; so shall the Son INT: in the belly of the great fish Matthew 15:17 N-AFS Matthew 19:12 N-GFS Mark 7:19 N-AFS Luke 1:15 N-GFS Luke 1:41 N-DFS Luke 1:42 N-GFS Luke 1:44 N-DFS Luke 2:21 N-DFS Luke 11:27 N-NFS Luke 23:29 N-NFP John 3:4 N-AFS John 7:38 N-GFS Acts 3:2 N-GFS Acts 14:8 N-GFS Romans 16:18 N-DFS 1 Corinthians 6:13 N-DFS 1 Corinthians 6:13 N-NFS Galatians 1:15 N-GFS Philippians 3:19 N-NFS Revelation 10:9 N-AFS Revelation 10:10 N-NFS |
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