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Lexicon :: Strong's H4578 - mēʿê

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מֵעֶה
Transliteration
mēʿê
Pronunciation
may-aw'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root probably meaning to be soft
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TWOT Reference: 1227a

Strong’s Definitions

מֵעֶה mêʻeh, may-aw'; from an unused root probably meaning to be soft; used only in plural the intestines, or (collectively) the abdomen, figuratively, sympathy; by implication, a vest; by extension the stomach, the uterus (or of men, the seat of generation), the heart (figuratively):—belly, bowels, × heart, womb.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 32x

The KJV translates Strong's H4578 in the following manner: bowels (27x), belly (3x), heart (1x), womb (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 32x
The KJV translates Strong's H4578 in the following manner: bowels (27x), belly (3x), heart (1x), womb (1x).

  1. internal organs, inward parts, bowels, intestines, belly

    1. inward parts

    2. digestive organs

    3. organs of procreation, womb

    4. place of emotions or distress or love (fig.)

    5. external belly

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מֵעֶה mêʻeh, may-aw'; from an unused root probably meaning to be soft; used only in plural the intestines, or (collectively) the abdomen, figuratively, sympathy; by implication, a vest; by extension the stomach, the uterus (or of men, the seat of generation), the heart (figuratively):—belly, bowels, × heart, womb.
STRONGS H4578: Abbreviations
† [מֵעֶה] noun masculineIsaiah 16:11 only plural internal organs, inward parts (intestines, bowels), belly (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic H4577 מְעָא, מַעֲיָא, bdb058804, bdb058805; Arabic bdb058806; Ethiopic bdb058807; — on form compare LagBN 156 BaZMG xiii. 1888, 345); — plural [מֵעִים] construct מְעֵי Psalm 71:6 + 3 times; suffix מֵעַי 2 Samuel 16:11 + 9 times, מֵעָ֑י Psalm 22:15; Psalm 40:9; מֵעֶיךָ Genesis 15:4 + 6 times; מֵעַיִךְ Genesis 25:23; Numbers 5:22; מֵעָיו 2 Samuel 20:10 + 5 times; מֵעֵיהֶם Ezekiel 7:19; —
1. literally:
a. אַ֫רְצָה מֵעָיו וַיִּשְׁפֹּךְ 2 Samuel 20:10 and he poured out his inward parts on the ground (through a wound); compare מ׳ מַחֲלֵה 2 Chronicles 21:15, 18, מ׳ יָֽצְאוּ 2 Chronicles 21:15; 2 Chronicles 21:19.
b. as digestive organs, but without precision, nearly = stomach, belly, Job 20:14; Ezekiel 3:3 (|| בֶּטֶן), Ezekiel 7:19 (|| נֶפֶשׁ; both with מָלֵא), Numbers 5:22; so of fish that swallowed Jonah Jonah 2:1; Jonah 2:2.
2. source of procreation: אשׁר יצא מִמּ׳ (said of offspring) Genesis 15:4 (JE), 2 Samuel 7:12 (|| זַרְעֲךָ), 2 Samuel 16:11; צֶאֱצָאֵי מ׳ Isaiah 48:19 (|| id.); מִיצִיאֵי מ׳ 2 Chronicles 32:21.
3. = womb, יִפָּרֵ֑דוּ מִמֵּעַיִח לְאֻמִּים שְׁנֵי Genesis 25:23 (J; || בֶּטֶן), compare Isaiah 49:1 (|| id.), Psalm 71:6 (|| id.), Ruth 1:11.
4. in general = inwards, inward part, לִבִּי ֗֗֗ נָמֵס בְּתוֺךְ מ׳ Psalm 22:15, compare תּוֺרָֽתְךָ בְּתוֺךְ מ׳ Psalm 40:9.
5. figurative = seat of emotions: pity, Isaiah 16:11 (|| קֶרֶב); of God's compassion, Jeremiah 31:20 (|| רחם; in both subject of verb הָמוּ); הֲמוֺן מֵעֶיךָ Isaiah 63:15 (|| רַחֲמֶיךָ); distress, Jeremiah 4:19 (twice in verse) (|| לֵב, מֵעַי חֳמַרְמָרוּ Lamentations 1:20 (|| לֵב), Lamentations 2:11 (|| כָּבֵד liver); מֵעַי רֻתְּחוּ Job 30:27 (dubious, see Bu); love, מֵעַי הָמוּ עָלָיו Songs 5:4.
6. the external belly, מֵעָיו עֶשֶׁת שֵׁן Songs 5:14.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H4577.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

15:4; 15:4; 25:23; 25:23

Numbers

5:22; 5:22

Ruth

1:11

2 Samuel

7:12; 16:11; 16:11; 20:10; 20:10

2 Chronicles

21:15; 21:15; 21:18; 21:19; 32:21

Job

20:14; 30:27

Psalms

22:15; 22:15; 40:9; 40:9; 71:6; 71:6

Song of Songs

5:4; 5:14

Isaiah

16:11; 16:11; 48:19; 49:1; 63:15

Jeremiah

4:19; 31:20

Lamentations

1:20; 2:11

Ezekiel

3:3; 7:19; 7:19

Jonah

2:1; 2:2

H4578

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Strong's Number H4578 matches the Hebrew מֵעֶה (mēʿê),
which occurs 32 times in 30 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:4 - And lo, the word of Jehovah is unto him, saying, 'This one doth not heir thee; but he who cometh out from thy bowels, he doth heir thee;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:23 - And Jehovah saith to her, 'Two nations are in thy womb, and two peoples from thy bowels are parted; and the one people than the other people is stronger; and the elder doth serve the younger.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:22 - and these waters which cause the curse have gone into thy bowels, to cause the belly to swell, and the thigh to fall; and the woman hath said, Amen, Amen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:11 - And Naomi saith, 'Turn back, my daughters; why do ye go with me? are there yet to me sons in my bowels that they have been to you for husbands?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 7:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:12 - 'When thy days are full, and thou hast lain with thy fathers, then I have raised up thy seed after thee which goeth out from thy bowels, and have established his kingdom;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 16:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:11 - And David saith unto Abishai, and unto all his servants, 'Lo, my son who came out of my bowels is seeking my life, and also surely now the Benjamite; leave him alone, and let him revile, for Jehovah hath said so to him;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:10 - and Amasa hath not been watchful of the sword that is in the hand of Joab, and he smiteth him with it unto the fifth rib, and sheddeth out his bowels to the earth, and he hath not repeated it to him, and he dieth; and Joab and Abishai his brother have pursued after Sheba son of Bichri.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 21:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:15 - and thou, with many sicknesses, with disease of thy bowels, till thy bowels come out, by the sickness, day by day.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 21:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:18 - And after all this hath Jehovah plagued him in his bowels by a disease for which there is no healing,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 21:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:19 - and it cometh to pass, from days to days, and at the time of the going out of the end of two years, his bowels have gone out with his sickness, and he dieth of sore diseases, and his people have not made for him a burning like the burning of his fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:21 - and Jehovah sendeth a messenger, and cutteth off every mighty one of valour -- both leader and head -- in the camp of the king of Asshur, and he turneth back with shame of face to his land, and entereth the house of his god, and those coming out of his bowels have caused him to fall there by the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:14 - His food in his bowels is turned, The bitterness of asps is in his heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:27 - My bowels have boiled, and have not ceased, Gone before me have days of affliction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:14 - As waters I have been poured out, And separated themselves have all my bones, My heart hath been like wax, It is melted in the midst of my bowels.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 40:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:8 - To do Thy pleasure, my God, I have delighted, And Thy law is within my heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:6 - By Thee I have been supported from the womb, From my mother's bowels Thou dost cut me out, In Thee is my praise continually.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:4 - My beloved sent his hand from the net-work, And my bowels were moved for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:14 - His hands rings of gold, set with beryl, His heart bright ivory, covered with sapphires,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 16:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:11 - Therefore my bowels for Moab as a harp do sound, And mine inward parts for Kir-Haresh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 48:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:19 - And as sand is thy seed, And the offspring of thy bowels as its gravel, Not cut off nor destroyed his name before Me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:1 - Hearken, O isles, unto me, And attend, O peoples, from afar, Jehovah from the womb hath called me, From the bowels of my mother He hath made mention of my name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 63:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:15 - Look attentively from the heavens, And see from Thy holy and beauteous habitation, Where is Thy zeal and Thy might? The multitude of Thy bowels and Thy mercies Towards me have refrained themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:19 - My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at the walls of my heart, Make a noise for me doth My heart, I am not silent, For the voice of a trumpet I have heard, O my soul -- a shout of battle!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:20 - A precious son is Ephraim to Me? A child of delights? For since My speaking against him, I do thoroughly remember him still, Therefore have My bowels been moved for him, I do greatly love him, An affirmation of Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:20 - See, O Jehovah, for distress is to me, My bowels have been troubled, Turned hath been my heart in my midst, For I have greatly provoked, From without bereaved hath the sword, In the house it is as death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:11 - Consumed by tears have been my eyes, Troubled have been my bowels, Poured out to the earth hath been my liver, For the breach of the daughter of my people; In infant and suckling being feeble, In the broad places of the city,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:3 - And He saith unto me, 'Son of man, thy belly thou dost feed, and thy bowels thou dost fill with this roll that I am giving unto thee;' and I eat it, and it is in my mouth as honey for sweetness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:19 - Their silver into out-places they cast, And their gold impurity becometh. Their silver and their gold is not able to deliver them, In a day of the wrath of Jehovah, Their soul they do not satisfy, And their bowels they do not fill, For the stumbling-block of their iniquity it hath been.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:17 - And Jehovah appointeth a great fish to swallow up Jonah, and Jonah is in the bowels of the fish three days and three nights.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:1 - And Jonah prayeth unto Jehovah his God from the bowels of the fish.
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