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Lexicon :: Strong's H990 - beṭen

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בֶּטֶן
Transliteration
beṭen
Pronunciation
beh'-ten
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root probably meaning to be hollow
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TWOT Reference: 236a

Strong’s Definitions

בֶּטֶן beṭen, beh'-ten; from an unused root probably meaning to be hollow; the belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anything:—belly, body, as they be born, within, womb.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 72x

The KJV translates Strong's H990 in the following manner: belly (30x), womb (31x), body (8x), within (2x), born (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 72x
The KJV translates Strong's H990 in the following manner: belly (30x), womb (31x), body (8x), within (2x), born (1x).

  1. belly, womb, body

    1. belly, abdomen

      1. as seat of hunger

      2. as seat of mental faculties

      3. of depth of Sheol (fig.)

    2. womb

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בֶּטֶן beṭen, beh'-ten; from an unused root probably meaning to be hollow; the belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anything:—belly, body, as they be born, within, womb.
STRONGS H990: Abbreviations
† I. בֶ֫טֶן noun feminineNumbers 5:25 belly, body, womb (Arabic bdb010508) — בּ׳ absolute Judges 13:7 +; בָּ֑טֶן Judges 13:5 +; construct בֶּטֶן Psalm 139:13 +; suffix בִּטְנִי Job 3:10 +; בִּטְנְךָ Deuteronomy 7:13 +; בִּטְנֵךְ Genesis 25:23; בִּטְנוֺ Job 15:2 +, etc.; —
1.
a. belly, abdomen, of man Judges 3:21, 22 of woman Numbers 5:21, 22, 27; as beautiful in form Songs 7:3; as seat of hunger Proverbs 13:25; as eating Ezekiel 3:3 (|| מֵעִים); compare Proverbs 18:20 (figurative); as seat of passion, avarice, etc. Job 20:20, 23; in figure of God's casting riches out of extortioner's belly Job 20:15 (|| וַיְקִאֶנּוּ), compare also Psalm 17:14; figurative of innermost part of man = inmost soul Proverbs 18:8 = Proverbs 26:22; Proverbs 20:27, 30 (all חַדְרֵי ב׳); as seat of intellectual faculties (= English breast or bosom) Proverbs 22:18 (compare מֵעִים Psalm 40:9) Job 15:2; Job 15:35; Job 32:18, רוּחַ בִּטְנִי Job 15:19; as trembling at theophany Habakkuk 3:16.
b. belly of hippopotamus Job 40:16.
c. בֶּטֶן שְׁאוֺל Jonah 2:3 (Jonah's prayer: || מְצוּלָה בִּלְבַכ יַמִּים).
2. body, opposed to soul Psalm 31:10 (opposed to נֶפֶשׁ), also Psalm 44:26 (opposed to id.; — on this compare ZimBp 71).
3. womb Genesis 25:23, 24; Genesis 38:27 (all J) Hosea 12:4; Job 10:19 (|| רֶחֶם Job 10:18) Ecclesiastes 11:5; Job 31:15 הֲלֹא בַבֶּטֶן עשֵֹׁנִי עָשָׂ֑הוּ did not he that made me in the womb make him (|| וַיְכֻנֶנּוּ בָּרֶחֶם אֶחָד); compare Psalm 139:13 תְּסֻכֵּנִי בְּבֶטֶן, & Jeremiah 1:5; especially ב׳ פְּרִי i.e. offspring Genesis 30:2 (E) Psalm 127:3; Isaiah 13:18; Proverbs 31:2 בַּר בִּטְנִי = my son (|| בְּרִי) compare בֶּןבִּֿטְנָהּ Isaiah 49:15; of birth יָצָא מִבֶּטֶן Job 1:21; Job 3:11; Ecclesiastes 5:14; בֶּטֶן alone = birth Hosea 9:11 (|| לֵדָה, הֵרָיוֺן), compare Figurative מִבֶּטֶן מִי יָצָא הַקָּ֑רַח Job 38:29 out of whose womb came the ice ? compare לֹא סָגַר דַּלְתֵי בִּטְנִי Job 3:10 i.e. of my (mother's) womb; גָּחָה מִבֶּטֶן take, draw out of the womb, subject י׳ (i.e. cause to be born) Psalm 22:10; פְּרִי בֶטֶן used also of father Micah 6:7, compare Psalm 132:11 (David as ancestor of Messianic King); Job 19:17 בְּנֵי בִטְנִי sons of my body, of doubtful interpretation, perhaps = sons of my (mother's) womb, compare Job 3:10 (Ges De), i.e. my brother or men of my clan RSK 33 f., others my sons (Ew), my grandsons (Di); also in addressing Israel as a whole (masculine suffix) Deuteronomy 7:13; Deuteronomy 28:4, 11, 18, 53; Deuteronomy 30:9, compare מַחֲמַדֵּי בִטְנָם Hosea 9:16 beloved ones of their womb; (מִבֶּטֶן) מִןהַֿבֶּטֶן = from birth Judges 13:5, 7; Psalm 58:4; Psalm 71:6, compare also Isaiah 44:2, 24; Isaiah 46:3 (|| רָחַ֑ם) Isaiah 48:8; Isaiah 49:1, 5; מִבֶּטֶן נִמִּי id. Judges 16:17; Job 31:18; Psalm 22:11 (|| רֶחֶם).
4. architectural word of some rounded projection connected with the two pillars Jachin & Boaz 1 Kings 7:20 (Klo reads הבית).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

25:23; 25:23; 25:24; 30:2; 38:27

Numbers

5:21; 5:22; 5:25; 5:27

Deuteronomy

7:13; 7:13; 28:4; 28:11; 28:18; 28:53; 30:9

Judges

3:21; 3:22; 13:5; 13:5; 13:7; 13:7; 16:17

1 Kings

7:20

Job

1:21; 3:10; 3:10; 3:10; 3:11; 10:18; 10:19; 15:2; 15:2; 15:19; 15:35; 19:17; 20:15; 20:20; 20:23; 31:15; 31:18; 32:18; 38:29; 40:16

Psalms

17:14; 22:10; 22:11; 31:10; 40:9; 44:26; 58:4; 71:6; 127:3; 132:11; 139:13; 139:13

Proverbs

13:25; 18:8; 18:20; 20:27; 20:30; 22:18; 26:22; 31:2

Ecclesiastes

5:14; 11:5

Song of Songs

7:3

Isaiah

13:18; 44:2; 44:24; 46:3; 48:8; 49:1; 49:5; 49:15

Jeremiah

1:5

Ezekiel

3:3

Hosea

9:11; 9:16; 12:4

Jonah

2:3

Micah

6:7

Habakkuk

3:16

H990

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Strong's Number H990 matches the Hebrew בֶּטֶן (beṭen),
which occurs 72 times in 72 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 25:23–Pro 20:30)

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:23 - And Jehovah said to her, Two nations are in thy womb, And two peoples shall be separated from thy bowels; And one people shall be stronger than the other people, And the elder shall serve the younger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:24 - And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:2 - And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, Am I in God's stead, who has withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 38:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:27 - And it came to pass at the time of her delivery, that behold, twins were in her womb.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:21 - -- then the priest shall adjure the woman with the oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman: Jehovah make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when Jehovah doth make thy thigh to shrink, and thy belly to swell;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:22 - and this water that bringeth the curse shall enter into thy bowels, to make the belly to swell, and the thigh to shrink. And the woman shall say, Amen, amen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:27 - And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, if she have been defiled, and have committed unfaithfulness against her husband, that the water that bringeth the curse shall enter into her, for bitterness, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall shrink; and the woman shall become a curse among her people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:13 - and he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee, and will bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy ground, thy corn and thy new wine, and thine oil, the offspring of thy kine, and the increase of thy sheep, in the land which he swore unto thy fathers to give thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:4 - Blessed shall be the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the offspring of thy kine, and the increase of thy sheep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:11 - And Jehovah will give thee abundance of good, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land that Jehovah swore unto thy fathers to give thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:18 - Cursed shall be the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy ground, the offspring of thy kine, and the increase of thy sheep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:53

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:53 - And in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee, thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters whom Jehovah thy God hath given thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 30:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:9 - And Jehovah thy God will make thee abound in every work of thy hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, for good; for Jehovah will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 3:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:21 - Then Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the sword from his right hip, and thrust it into his belly;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 3:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:22 - and the haft also went in after the blade, and the fat closed upon the blade; for he did not draw the sword out of his belly, and it came out between the legs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:5 - For lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son, and no razor shall come on his head; for the boy shall be a Nazarite of God from the womb; and he shall begin to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:7 - And he said to me, Behold, thou shalt conceive and bear a son; and now drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not anything unclean; for the boy shall be a Nazarite of God from the womb to the day of his death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:17 - and he told her all his heart, and said to her, There has not come a razor upon my head; for I am a Nazarite of God from my mother's womb; if I should be shaven, then my strength would go from me, and I should be weak, and be like all mankind.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:20 - And the capitals upon the two pillars, above also, close to the enlargement which was behind the network, had two hundred pomegranates in rows round about, also on the other capital.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:21 - and he said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: Jehovah gave, and Jehovah hath taken away; blessed be the name of Jehovah!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:10 - Because it shut not up the doors of the womb that bore me, and hid not trouble from mine eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:11 - Wherefore did I not die from the womb, -- come forth from the belly and expire?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:19 - I should be as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:2 - Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:35 - They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, and their belly prepareth deceit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:17 - My breath is strange to my wife, and my entreaties to the children of my mother's womb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:15 - He hath swallowed down riches, but he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:20 - Because he knew no rest in his craving, he shall save nought of what he most desired.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:23 - It shall be that, to fill his belly, he will cast his fierce anger upon him, and will rain it upon him into his flesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:15 - Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not One fashion us in the womb?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:18 - (For from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, and I have guided the widow from my mother's womb;)

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 32:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:18 - For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 32:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:19 - Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; like new flasks, it is ready to burst.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:29 - Out of whose womb cometh the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who bringeth it forth?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 40:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:16 - Behold now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the muscles of his belly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:14 - From men who are thy hand, O Jehovah, from men of this age: their portion is in this life, and their belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure; they have their fill of sons, and leave the rest of their substance to their children.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:9 - But thou art he that took me out of the womb; thou didst make me trust, upon my mother's breasts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:10 - I was cast upon thee from the womb; thou art my God from my mother's belly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:9 - Be gracious unto me, Jehovah, for I am in trouble: mine eye wasteth away with vexation, my soul and my belly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 44:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:25 - For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our belly cleaveth unto the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 58:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:3 - The wicked go astray from the womb; they err as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:6 - On thee have I been stayed from the womb; from the bowels of my mother thou didst draw me forth: my praise shall be continually of thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 127:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 127:3 - Lo, children are an inheritance from Jehovah, and the fruit of the womb a reward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 132:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:11 - Jehovah hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it: Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 139:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:13 - For thou hast possessed my reins; thou didst cover me in my mother's womb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 13:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:25 - The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul; but the belly of the wicked shall want.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 18:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:8 - The words of a talebearer are as dainty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 18:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:20 - A man's belly is satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; with the increase of his lips is he satisfied.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 20:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:27 - Man's spirit is the lamp of Jehovah, searching all the inner parts of the belly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 20:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:30 - Wounding stripes purge away evil, and strokes purge the inner parts of the belly.

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