Words the Bible translates as womb
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 7 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- koiliaκοιλίαthe womb: the part of a mother's body where a child is conceived and carried before birth
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- the stomach or belly: the part of the body that takes in and digests food
- 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
- raḥamimרַחֲמִיםthe womb: the part of a woman's body where a child is carried
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- deep, tender compassion: the gut-level mercy a parent feels toward a child
- mētraμήτραwombnot studied yet
- 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
- reḥemרֶחֶםthe womb: the organ in a woman's body where a child is conceived and carried until birth
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