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Lexicon :: Strong's G2836 - koilia

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κοιλία
Transliteration
koilia (Key)
Pronunciation
koy-lee'-ah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From koilos ("hollow")
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:786,446

Strong’s Definitions

κοιλία koilía, koy-lee'-ah; from κοῖλος koîlos ("hollow"); a cavity, i.e. (especially) the abdomen; by implication, the matrix; figuratively, the heart:—belly, womb.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x

The KJV translates Strong's G2836 in the following manner: womb (12x), belly (11x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x
The KJV translates Strong's G2836 in the following manner: womb (12x), belly (11x).
  1. the whole belly, the entire cavity

    1. the upper [i.e. stomach] and the lower belly are distinguished

  2. the lower belly, the lower region, the receptacle of the excrement

  3. the gullet

    1. to be given up to the pleasures of the palate, to gluttony

  4. the womb, the place where the foetus is conceived and nourished until birth

    1. of the uterus of animals

  5. the innermost part of a man, the soul, heart as the seat of thought, feeling, choice

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κοιλία koilía, koy-lee'-ah; from κοῖλος koîlos ("hollow"); a cavity, i.e. (especially) the abdomen; by implication, the matrix; figuratively, the heart:—belly, womb.
STRONGS G2836:
κοιλία, κοιλίας, (κοῖλος hollow); the Sept. for בֶּטֶן, the belly; מֵעִים` the bowels; קֶרֶן, the interior, the midst of a thing; רֶחֶם, the womb; the belly: and
1. the whole belly, the entire cavity; hence ἄνω and κάτω κοιλία, the upper (i. e. the stomach) and the lower belly are distinguished; very often so in Greek writings from Herodotus down.
2. the lower belly, the alvine region, the receptacle of the excrement (Plutarch, symp. 7, 1, 3 under the end εἴπερ εἰς κοιλίαν ἐχώρει διά στομαχου πᾶν τό πινόμενον): Matthew 15:17; Mark 7:19.
3. the gullet (Latinstomachus): Matthew 12:40; Luke 15:16 (WH Tr marginal reading χορτασθῆναι ἐκ etc.); 1 Corinthians 6:13; Revelation 10:9f; δουλεύειν τῇ κοιλία, to be given up to the pleasures of the palate, to gluttony (see δουλεύω, 2 b.), Romans 16:18; also for ὧν Θεός κοιλία, Philippians 3:19; κοιλίας ὄρεξις, Sir. 23:6.
4. the womb, the place where the foetus is conceived and nourished till birth: Luke 1:41f, 44; Luke 2:21; Luke 11:27; Luke 23:29; John 3:4 (very often so in the Sept.; very rarely in secular authors; Epictetus diss. 3, 22, 74; of the uterus of animals, ibid. 2, 16, 43); ἐκ (beginning from (see ἐκ, IV. 1)) κοιλίας μητρός, Matthew 19:12; Luke 1:15; Acts 3:2; Acts 14:8; Galatians 1:15, (for אֵם מִבֶּטֶן, Psalm 21:11 (Ps. 22:11); Psalms 70:6 (Ps. 71:6); Job 1:21; Isaiah 49:1; Judges 16:17 (the Vaticanus manuscript, ἀπό κοιλίας μητρός; cf. Winer's Grammar, 33 (32))).
5. in imitation of the Hebrew בֶּטֶן, tropically, the innermost part of a man, the soul, heart, as the seat of thought, feeling, choice (Job 15:35; Job 32:18 (the Sept. γαστήρ); Proverbs 18:8 (the Sept. ψυχή); Proverbs 20:27, 30; 26:22 (the Sept. σπλάγχνα); Habakkuk 3:16; Sir. 19:12 Sir. 51:21): John 7:38.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Judges
16:17
Job
1:21; 15:35; 32:18
Psalms
21:11; 22:11; 71:6
Proverbs
18:8; 20:27; 20:30; 26:22
Isaiah
49:1
Habakkuk
3:16
Matthew
12:40; 15:17; 19:12
Mark
7:19
Luke
1:15; 1:41; 1:44; 2:21; 11:27; 15:16; 23:29
John
3:4; 7:38
Acts
3:2; 14:8
Romans
16:18
1 Corinthians
6:13
Galatians
1:15
Philippians
3:19
Revelation
10:9

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2836 matches the Greek κοιλία (koilia),
which occurs 88 times in 83 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 3:14–Psa 132:11)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:14 - And Yahweh God said to the serpent,

“Because you have done this,

Cursed are you more than any of the cattle,

And more than every beast of the field;

On your belly you will go,

And dust you will eat

All the days of your life;

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:23 - And Yahweh said to her,

“Two nations are in your womb;

And two peoples will be separated from your body;

And one people shall be stronger than the other;

And the older shall serve the younger.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:24 -

And her days to give birth were fulfilled, and behold, there were twins in her womb.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:2 - Then Jacob’s anger burned against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:21 - “But they [fn]devoured them, and yet it could not be known that they had [fn]devoured them. [fn]For they were just as ugly as [fn]before. Then I awoke.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:13 - “You shall take all the fat that covers the entrails and the [fn]lobe of the liver and the two kidneys and the fat that is on them, and you shall offer them up in smoke on the altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:22 -

“You shall also take the fat from the ram and the fat tail and the fat that covers the entrails and the [fn]lobe of the liver and the two kidneys and the fat that is on them and the right thigh (for it is a ram of [fn]ordination),

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:3 - ‘From the sacrifice of the peace offerings he shall bring an offering by fire near to Yahweh, the fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:9 - ‘And from the sacrifice of peace offerings he shall bring near as an offering by fire to Yahweh its fat, [fn]the entire fat tail which he shall remove close to the backbone, and the fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:14 - ‘And from it he shall bring near his offering as an offering by fire to Yahweh the fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:11 - ‘But the hide of the bull and all its flesh with its head and its legs and its entrails and its refuse,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:21 - And he washed the entrails and the legs with water. Then Moses offered up the whole ram in smoke on the altar. It was a burnt offering for a soothing aroma; it was an offering by fire to Yahweh, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:25 - And he took the fat, and the fat tail, and all the fat that was on the entrails, and the [fn]lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys and their fat, and the right thigh.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:14 - He also washed the entrails and the legs and offered them up in smoke with the burnt offering on the altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:19 - As for the portions of fat from the ox and from the ram, the fat tail and the fat covering and the kidneys and the [fn]lobe of the liver,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:42 - ‘Whatever goes on its belly, and whatever goes on all fours, whatever has many feet, in respect to every swarming thing that swarms on the earth, you shall not eat them, for they are detestable.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:21 - (then the priest shall have the woman swear with the oath of the curse, and the priest shall say to the woman), “Yahweh make you a curse and an oath among your people by Yahweh making your thigh fall away and your abdomen swell;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:22 - and this water that brings curses shall go into your [fn]stomach and make your abdomen swell and your thigh fall away.” And the woman shall say, “Amen. Amen.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:27 - ‘So he will have her drink the water, and it will be that, if she has defiled herself and has been unfaithful to her husband, that the water which brings curses will go into her to cause bitterness, and her abdomen will swell and her thigh will fall away, and the woman will become a curse among her people.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:13 - “And He will love you and bless you and multiply you; He will also bless the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground, your grain and your new wine and your oil, the increase of your herd and the young of your flock, [fn]in the land which He swore to your fathers to give you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:4 -

“Blessed shall be the [fn]offspring of your [fn]body and the [fn]produce of your ground and the [fn]offspring of your beasts, the increase of your herd and the young of your flock.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:11 - “And Yahweh will make you abound in prosperity, in the [fn]offspring of your [fn]body and in the [fn]offspring of your beast and in the [fn]produce of your ground, in the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers to give you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:18 -

“Cursed shall be the [fn]offspring of your [fn]body and the [fn]produce of your ground, the increase of your herd and the young of your flock.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:53 - “Then you shall eat the [fn]offspring of your own body, the flesh of your sons and of your daughters whom Yahweh your God has given you, during the siege and the distress by which your enemy will [fn]oppress you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:9 - “Then Yahweh your God will [fn]prosper you abundantly in all the work of your hand, in the [fn]offspring of your [fn]body and in the [fn]offspring of your cattle and in the [fn]produce of your ground, for Yahweh will return to rejoice over you for good, just as He rejoiced over your fathers,
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:21 - Then Ehud sent forth his left hand, took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:22 - The handle also went in after the blade, and the fat closed over the blade, for he did not draw the sword out of his belly; and the refuse came out.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:17 - So he told her all that was in his heart and said to her, “A razor has never come on my head, for I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I am shaved, then my strength will leave me and I will become weak and be like every other man.”
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:11 - But Naomi said, “Return, my daughters. Why should you go with me? Have I yet sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:12 - “When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up one of your seed after you, who will come forth from [fn]your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:11 - Then David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “Behold, my son who came forth from my body seeks my life; how much more now this Benjamite? Let him alone and let him curse, for Yahweh has told him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:10 - But Amasa was not on guard against the sword which was in Joab’s hand so he struck him in the belly with it and poured out his inward parts on the ground, and did not strike him again, and he died. Then Joab and Abishai his brother pursued Sheba the son of Bichri.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:11 - “And it will be that when your days are fulfilled to go to be with your fathers, I will raise up one of your seed after you, who will be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:15 - and you will suffer [fn]severe sickness, a disease of your bowels, until your bowels come out because of the sickness, day by day.’”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:18 -

So after all this Yahweh smote him in his bowels with an incurable sickness.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:19 - Now it happened in the course of time, at the end of two years, that his bowels came out because of his sickness and he died with this greatly painful disease. And his people made no fire for him like the fire for his fathers.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:21 - And Yahweh sent an angel who wiped out every mighty man of valor, ruler, and commander in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned [fn]in shame to his own land. And he entered the house of his god, and some of [fn]his own children caused him to fall there by the sword.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:21 - And he said,

“Naked I came from my mother’s womb,

And naked I shall return there.

Yahweh gave, and Yahweh has taken away.

Blessed be the name of Yahweh.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:9 -

Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God and die!”

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:11 -

“Why did I not die from the womb,

Come forth from the womb and breathe my last?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:18 -

‘Why then have You brought me out of the womb?

Would that I had breathed my last and no eye had seen me!

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:35 -

“They conceive [fn]trouble and give birth to wickedness,

And their [fn]belly prepares deception.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:27 -

[fn]I am boiling within and cannot be silent;

Days of affliction confront me.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:15 -

“Did not He who made me in the womb make him,

And the same one fashion us in the womb?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:8 -

“Or who enclosed the sea with doors

When, bursting forth, it went out from the womb,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:10 -

Upon You I was cast from [fn]birth;

You have been my God from my mother’s womb.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:14 -

I am poured out like water,

And all my bones are out of joint;

My heart is like wax;

It is melted within [fn]me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:8 -

“I desire to do Your will, O my God;

Your law is within my inner being.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:6 -

[fn]By You I have been sustained from my birth;

You are He who took me from my mother’s womb;

My praise is continually [fn]of You.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:11 -

Yahweh has sworn to David

A truth from which He will not turn back:

“Of the fruit of your [fn]body I will set upon your throne.


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