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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
Dictionary Aids

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).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 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 Gen 25:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:24 - And her days to bear are fulfilled, and lo, twins are in her womb;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:2 - And Jacob's anger burneth against Rachel, and he saith, 'Am I in stead of God who hath 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 cometh to pass in the time of her bearing, that lo, twins are in her womb;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:21 - (then the priest hath caused the woman to swear with an oath of execration, and the priest hath said to the woman) -- Jehovah doth give thee for an execration, and for a curse, in the midst of thy people, in Jehovah's giving thy thigh to fall, and thy belly to swell,

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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 Num 5:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:27 - yea, he hath caused her to drink the water, and it hath come to pass, if she hath been defiled, and doth commit a trespass against her husband, that the waters which cause the curse have gone into her for bitter things, and her belly hath swelled, and her thigh hath fallen, and the woman hath become an execration in the midst of her people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:13 - and hath loved thee, and blessed thee, and multiplied thee, and hath blessed the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy ground, thy corn, and thy new wine, and thine oil, the increase of thine oxen, and the wealth of thy flock, on the ground which He hath sworn to thy fathers to give to thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:4 - 'Blessed is the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, increase of thine oxen, and wealth of thy flock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:11 - 'And Jehovah hath made thee abundant in good, in the fruit of the womb, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, on the ground which Jehovah hath sworn to thy fathers to give to thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:18 - 'Cursed is the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, increase of thine oxen, and wealth of thy flock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:53

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:53 - and thou hast eaten the fruit of thy body, flesh of thy sons and thy daughters (whom Jehovah thy God hath given to thee), in the siege, and in the straitness with which thine enemies do straiten thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 30:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:9 - and Jehovah thy God hath made thee abundant 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 turneth back to 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 - and Ehud putteth forth his left hand, and taketh the sword from off his right thigh, and striketh it into his belly;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 3:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:22 - and the haft also goeth in after the blade, and the fat shutteth on the blade, that he hath not drawn the sword out of his belly, and it goeth out at the fundament.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:5 - for, lo, thou art conceiving and bearing a son, and a razor doth not go up on his head, for a Nazarite to God is the youth from the womb, and he doth 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 saith to me, Lo, thou art pregnant, and bearing a son, and now do not drink wine and strong drink, and do not eat any unclean thing, for a Nazarite to God is the youth from the womb till the day of his death.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:17 - that he declareth to her all his heart, and saith to her, 'A razor hath not gone up on my head, for a Nazarite to God I am from the womb of my mother; if I have been shaven, then hath my power turned aside from me, and I have been weak, and have been as any of the human race.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:20 - and the chapiters on the two pillars also above, over-against the protuberance that is beside the net; and the pomegranates are two hundred, in rows round about on the second chapiter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:21 - and he saith, 'Naked came I forth from the womb of my mother, and naked I turn back thither: Jehovah hath given and Jehovah hath taken: let the name of Jehovah be blessed.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:10 - Because it hath not shut the doors Of the womb that was mine! And hide misery from mine eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:11 - Why from the womb do I not die? From the belly I have come forth and gasp!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:19 - As I had not been, I am, From the belly to the grave I am brought,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:2 - Doth a wise man answer with vain knowledge? And fill with an east wind his belly?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:35 - To conceive misery, and to bear iniquity, Even their heart doth prepare deceit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:17 - My spirit is strange to my wife, And my favours to the sons of my mother's womb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:15 - Wealth he hath swallowed, and doth vomit it. From his belly God driveth it out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:20 - For he hath not known ease in his belly. With his desirable thing he delivereth not himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:23 - It cometh to pass, at the filling of his belly, He sendeth forth against him The fierceness of His anger, Yea, He raineth on him in his eating.

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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? Yea, prepare us in the womb doth One.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:18 - (But from my youth He grew up with me as with a father, And from the belly of my mother I am led.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 32:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:18 - For I have been full of words, Distressed me hath the spirit of my breast,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 32:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:19 - Lo, my breast is as wine not opened, Like new bottles it is broken up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:29 - From whose belly came forth the ice? And the hoar-frost of the heavens, Who hath begotten it?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 40:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:16 - Lo, I pray thee, his power is in his loins, And his strength in the muscles of his belly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:14 - From men, Thy hand, O Jehovah, From men of the world, their portion is in life, And with Thy hidden things Thou fillest their belly, They are satisfied with sons; And have left their abundance to their sucklings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:9 - For thou art He bringing me forth from the womb, Causing me to trust, On the breasts of my mother.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:10 - On Thee I have been cast from the womb, From the belly of my mother Thou art my God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:9 - Favour me, O Jehovah, for distress is to me, Mine eye, my soul, and my body Have become old by provocation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 44:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:25 - For bowed to the dust hath our soul, Cleaved to the earth hath our belly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 58:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:3 - The wicked have been estranged from the womb, They have erred from the belly, speaking lies.

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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 Psa 127:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 127:3 - Lo, an inheritance of Jehovah are sons, A reward is the fruit of the womb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 132:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:11 - Jehovah hath sworn truth to David, He turneth not back from it: Of the fruit of thy body, I set on the throne for thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 139:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:13 - For Thou -- Thou hast possessed my reins, Thou dost cover me in my mother's belly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 13:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:25 - The righteous is eating to the satiety of his soul, And the belly of the wicked lacketh!

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 18:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:8 - The words of a tale-bearer are as self-inflicted wounds, And they have gone down to the inner parts of the heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 18:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:20 - From the fruit of a man's mouth is his belly satisfied, From the increase of his lips he is satisfied.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 20:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:27 - The breath of man is a lamp of Jehovah, Searching all the inner parts of the heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 20:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:30 - The bandages of a wound thou removest with the evil, Also the plagues of the inner parts of the heart!

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