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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).
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 said unto her,
Two nations are in thy womb,
And two peoples shall be separated from thy bowels:
And the 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 Box Gen 30:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:2 - And Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God’s stead, 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 came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins were in her womb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:21 - then the priest shall cause the woman to swear 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 fall away, and thy body to swell;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:22 - and this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, and make thy body to swell, and thy thigh to fall away. And the woman shall say, Amen, Amen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:27 - And when he hath made her drink the water, then it shall come to pass, if she be defiled, and have committed a trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her and become bitter, and her body shall swell, and her thigh shall fall away: and the woman shall be 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; he will also bless the fruit of thy body and the fruit of thy ground, thy grain and thy new wine and thine oil, the increase of thy cattle and the young of thy flock, in the land which he sware 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 body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy beasts, the increase of thy cattle, and the young of thy flock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:11 - And Jehovah will make thee plenteous for good, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which Jehovah sware 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 body, and the fruit of thy ground, the increase of thy cattle, and the young of thy flock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:53

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:53 - And 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, in the siege and in the distress wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 30:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:9 - And Jehovah thy God will make thee plenteous in all the 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 - And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into his body:

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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 drew not the sword out of his body; and it came out behind.

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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 upon his head; for the child shall be a Nazirite unto 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 - but he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing; for the child shall be a Nazirite unto 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 unto her, There hath not come a razor upon my head; for I have been a Nazirite unto God from my mother’s womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:20 - And there were capitals above also upon the two pillars, close by the belly which was beside the network: and the pomegranates were two hundred, in rows round about upon 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 my mother’s womb,
Nor hid trouble from mine eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:11 -
Why died I not from the womb?
Why did I not give up the ghost when my mother bare me?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:19 -
I should have been 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 make answer with vain knowledge,
And fill himself 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 heart 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 supplication to the children of mine own mother.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:15 -
He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again;
God will 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 quietness within him,
He shall not save aught of that wherein he delighteth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:23 -
When he is about to fill his belly, God will cast the fierceness of his wrath upon him,
And will rain it upon him while he is 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?
And did not one fashion us in the womb?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:18 -
(Nay, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father,
And her have I guided from my mother’s womb);

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:18 -
For I am full of words;
The spirit within me constraineth me.

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:29 -
Out of whose womb came the ice?
And the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:16 -
Lo 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 by thy hand, O Jehovah,
From men of the world, whose portion is in this life,
And whose belly thou fillest with thy treasure:
They are satisfied with children,
And leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:10 -
I was cast upon thee from the womb;
Thou art my God since my mother bare me.

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Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah, for I am in distress:
Mine eye wasteth away with grief, yea, my soul and my body.

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For our soul is bowed down to the dust:
Our body cleaveth unto the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 58:3

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:6 -
By thee have I been holden up from the womb;
Thou art he that took me out of my mother’s bowels:
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 a heritage of Jehovah;
And the fruit of the womb is his reward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 132:11

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:13 -
For thou didst form my inward parts:
Thou didst cover me in my mother’s womb.

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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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The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels,
And they go down into the innermost parts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:20 -
A man’s belly shall be filled with the fruit of his mouth;
With the increase of his lips shall he be satisfied.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:27 -
The spirit of man is the lamp of Jehovah,
Searching all his innermost parts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:30 -
Stripes that wound cleanse away evil;
And strokes reach the innermost parts.

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