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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 BoxGen 25:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:23 - And the Lord said to her, There are two nations in thy womb, and two peoples shall be separated from thy belly, and one people shall excel the other, and the [fn]elder shall serve the younger.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:24 - And the days were fulfilled that she should be delivered, and she had twins in her womb.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:2 - And Jacob was angry with Rachel, and said to her, Am I in the place of God, who has deprived thee of the fruit of the womb?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:27 - And it came to pass when she was in labour, that she also had twins in her womb.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:21 - then the priest shall adjure the woman by the oaths of this curse, and the priest shall say to the woman, The Lord bring thee into a curse and under an oath in the midst of thy people, in that the Lord should cause thy thigh to rot and thy belly to swell;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:22 - and this water bringing the curse shall enter into thy womb to cause thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot. And the woman shall say, So be it, So be it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:27 - And it shall come to pass, if she be defiled, and have altogether escaped the notice of her husband, then the water of the conviction that brings the curse shall enter into her; and she shall swell in her belly, and her thigh shall rot, and the woman shall be for a curse in the midst of her people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:13 - And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee; and he will bless the offspring of thy [fn]body, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the herds of thine oxen, and the flocks of thy sheep, on the land which the Lord sware to thy fathers to give to thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:4 - Blessed shall be the offspring of thy [fn]body, and the fruits of thy land, and the herds of thy oxen, and the flocks of thy sheep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:11 - And the Lord thy God shall multiply thee for good in the offspring of thy [fn]body, and in the offspring of thy cattle, and in the fruits of thy land, on thy land which the Lord sware to thy fathers to give to thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:18 - Cursed shall be the offspring of thy body, and the fruits of thy land, the herds of thine oxen, and the flocks of thy sheep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:53

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:53 - And thou shalt eat the fruit of thy [fn]body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, all that he has given thee, in thy straitness and thy affliction, with which thine enemy shall afflict thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:9 - And the Lord thy God shall bless thee in every work of thine hands, in the offspring of thy [fn]body, and in the offspring of thy cattle, and in the fruits of thy land, because the Lord thy God will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:21 - And it came to pass as he arose, that Aod stretched forth his left hand, and took the dagger off his right thigh, and plunged it into his belly;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:22 - and drove in also the haft after the blade, and the fat closed in upon the blade, for he drew not out the dagger from his belly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:5 - for behold, thou art with child, and shalt bring forth a son; and there shall come no [fn]razor upon his head, for the child shall be a [fn]Nazarite to God from the womb; and he shall begin to save Israel from the hand of the Phylistines.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:7 - And he said to me, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bring forth a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat no unclean thing; for the child shall be holy to God from the womb until the day of his death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:17 - Then he told her all his heart, and said to her, A razor has not come upon my head, because I have been a holy one of God from my mother's womb; if then I should be shaven, my strength will depart from me, and I shall be weak, and I shall be as all other men.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:20 - (LXX 7:9) and a chamber over both the pillars, and above the sides an addition equal to the chamber in width.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:21 - and said, I myself came forth naked from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, the Lord has taken away: as it seemed good to the Lord, so has it come to pass; blessed be the name of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:10 - because it shut not up the gates of my mother's womb, for so it would have removed sorrow from my eyes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:11 - For why died I not in the belly? and why did I not come forth from the womb and die immediately?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:19 - and I become as if I had not been? for why was I not carried from the womb to the grave?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:2 - Will a wise man give for answer a mere breath of wisdom? and does he fill up the pain of his belly,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:35 - And he shall conceive sorrows, and his end shall be vanity, and his belly shall bear deceit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:17 - And I besought my wife, and earnestly intreated the sons of my concubines.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:15 - His wealth unjustly collected shall be vomited up; a messenger of wrath shall drag him out of his house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:20 - There is no security to his possessions; he shall not be saved by his desire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:23 - If by any means he would fill his belly, let God send upon him the fury of wrath; let him bring a torrent of pains upon him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:15 - Were not they too formed as I also was formed in the womb? yea, we were formed in the same womb.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:18 - (for I nourished them as a father from my youth, and guided them from my mother's womb.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:18 - for I am full of words, for the spirit of my belly destroys me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:19 - And my belly is as a skin of sweet wine bound up and ready to burst; or as a brazier's labouring bellows.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:29 - And out of whose womb comes the ice? and who has produced the frost in the sky,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:16

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:14 - (LXX 16:14) because of the enemies of thine hand: O Lord, destroy them from the earth; scatter them in their life, though their belly has been filled with thy hidden treasures: they have been satisfied with [fn]uncleanness, and have left the remnant of their possessions to their babes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:9 - (LXX 21:10) For thou art he that drew me out of the womb; my hope from my mother's breasts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:10 - (LXX 21:11) I was cast on thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother's belly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:9 - (LXX 30:10) Pity me, O Lord, for I am afflicted: my eye is troubled with indignation, my soul and my belly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:25 - (LXX 43:26) For our soul has been brought down to the dust; our belly has cleaved to the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:3 - (LXX 57:4) Sinners have gone astray from the womb: they go astray from the belly: they speak lies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:6 - (LXX 70:6) On thee have I been stayed from the womb: from the belly of my mother thou art my protector: of thee is my [fn]praise continually.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 127:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 127:3 - (LXX 126:3) Behold, the inheritance of the Lord, children, the reward of the fruit of the womb.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:11 - (LXX 131:11) The Lord sware in truth to David, and he will not annul it, saying, Of the fruit of thy body will I set a king upon thy throne.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:13 - (LXX 138:13) For thou, O Lord, hast possessed my reins; thou hast helped me from my mother's womb.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:25 - A just man eats and satisfies his soul: but the souls of the ungodly are in want.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:8 - Fear casts down the slothful; and the souls of the effeminate shall hunger.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:20 - A man fills his belly with the fruits of his mouth; and he shall be satisfied with the fruits of his lips.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:27 - The [fn]spirit of man is a light of the Lord, who searches the inmost parts of the belly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:30 - Bruises and contusions befall bad men; and plagues shall come into the inward parts of their belly.

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