International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Belly

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Belly


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bel´i: גּחון, gāḥōn = “the external abdomen” (; ). קבה, ḳōbhāh = “the abdominal cavity” ( the American Standard Revised Version “body”). בּטן, beṭen = “the internal abdomen,” “the womb” (; , the King James Version; , ; ; -15, -7; ; ; ; ); also figuratively “the internal regions,” “the body of anything” (). מעה, mē‛eh = “intestines,” “abdomen” (; ; , ). In the New Testament κοιλία, koilı́a = “a cavity,” espec ially the abdominal (; ; ); the seat of appetite and of the carnal affections (; ; ; , ); the innermost of the soul (the American Revised Version, margin ).