Words the Bible translates as waist
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 3 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- osphusὀσφῦςthe loins: the lower back and hips where a belt is fastened, and, in the same breath, the part of a man's body his children are said to come from.
- motenמׇתְנַיִםthe loins: the lower back and hips, the body's center of physical strength
- ḥalatsחָלָץthe loins: the lower back and hips, the place a belt is tied and the place a man's children are said to come from
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