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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, ἡ (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 ἡ ἄνω and ἡ 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 ὁ Θεός ἡ 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 22 times in 21 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:40

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:40 - “For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 15:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:17 - “Do you not yet understand that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and is eliminated?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 19:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:12 - “For there are eunuchs who were born thus from their mother’s womb, and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven’s sake. He who is able to accept it, let him accept it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:19 - “because it does not enter his heart but his stomach, and is eliminated, thus purifying all foods?”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:15 - “For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink. He will also be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:41

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:41 - And it happened, when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, that the babe leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:42

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:42 - Then she spoke out with a loud voice and said, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:44 - “For indeed, as soon as the voice of your greeting sounded in my ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:21 - And when eight days were completed for the circumcision of the Child,[fn] His name was called JESUS, the name given by the angel before He was conceived in the womb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:27 - And it happened, as He spoke these things, that a certain woman from the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, “Blessed is the womb that bore You, and the breasts which nursed You!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:29 - “For indeed the days are coming in which they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, wombs that never bore, and breasts which never nursed!’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:4 - Nicodemus said to Him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:38 - “He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:2 - And a certain man lame from his mother’s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms from those who entered the temple;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:8 - And in Lystra a certain man without strength in his feet was sitting, a cripple from his mother’s womb, who had never walked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 16:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:18 - For those who are such do not serve our Lord Jesus[fn] Christ, but their own belly, and by smooth words and flattering speech deceive the hearts of the simple.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 6:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:13 - Foods for the stomach and the stomach for foods, but God will destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:15 - But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb and called me through His grace,

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:19 - whose end is destruction, whose god is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame—who set their mind on earthly things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 10:9 - So I went to the angel and said to him, “Give me the little book.” And he said to me, “Take and eat it; and it will make your stomach bitter, but it will be as sweet as honey in your mouth.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 10:10 - Then I took the little book out of the angel’s hand and ate it, and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth. But when I had eaten it, my stomach became bitter.
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