Words the Bible translates as belly
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 10 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- koiliaκοιλίαthe stomach or belly: the part of the body that takes in and digests food
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- the womb: the part of a mother's body where a child is conceived and carried before birth
- the innermost being: the deep inner core of a person, the source of one's inner life
- gastērγαστήρthe womb: a woman's belly as the place where a child is conceived and carried, nearly always inside the everyday phrase for being pregnant
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- a belly in the sense of an appetite: a name thrown at people who live to be fed and will not work
- betenבֶּטֶןthe belly: the rounded inner cavity of the body, and by extension the womb, the appetite, and the deep inner self
- me'ehמֵעֶהthe soft inner organs of the body (the guts, belly, and womb), and by extension the innermost self, felt as the place where deep emotion churns
- ḥomeshחֹמֶשׁbellynot studied yet
- gaḥonגָּחוֹןbellynot studied yet
- keresכְּרֵשׂbellynot studied yet
- me'ahמְעָאbellynot studied yet
- atinעֲטִיןbellynot studied yet
- qovahקֹבָהbellynot studied yet
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