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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 the LORD said to her,
“Two nations are in your womb,
and two peoples from within you[fn] shall be divided;
the one shall be stronger than the other,
the older shall serve the younger.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:24 - When her days to give birth were completed, behold, there were twins in her womb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:2 - Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 38:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:27 - When the time of her labor came, there were twins in her womb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:21 - then’ (let the priest make the woman take the oath of the curse, and say to the woman) ‘the LORD make you a curse and an oath among your people, when the LORD makes your thigh fall away and your body swell.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:22 - May this water that brings the curse pass into your bowels and make your womb swell and your thigh fall away.’ And the woman shall say, ‘Amen, Amen.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:27 - And when he has made her drink the water, then, if she has defiled herself and has broken faith with her husband, the water that brings the curse shall enter into her and cause bitter pain, and her womb shall swell, and her thigh shall fall away, and the woman shall become a curse among her people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:13 - He will love you, bless you, and multiply you. He will also bless the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground, your grain and your wine and your oil, the increase of your herds and the young of your flock, in the land that he swore to your fathers to give you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:4 - Blessed shall be the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground and the fruit of your cattle, the increase of your herds and the young of your flock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:11 - And the LORD will make you abound in prosperity, in the fruit of your womb and in the fruit of your livestock and in the fruit of your ground, within the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:18 - Cursed shall be the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground, the increase of your herds and the young of your flock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:53

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:53 - And you shall eat the fruit of your womb, the flesh of your sons and daughters, whom the LORD your God has given you, in the siege and in the distress with which your enemies shall distress you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 30:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:9 - The LORD your God will make you abundantly prosperous in all the work of your hand, in the fruit of your womb and in the fruit of your cattle and in the fruit of your ground. For the LORD will again take delight in prospering you, as he took delight in your fathers,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 3:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:21 - And Ehud reached with his left hand, took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 3:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:22 - And the hilt also went in after the blade, and the fat closed over the blade, for he did not pull the sword out of his belly; and the dung came out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:5 - for behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. No razor shall come upon his head, for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb, and he shall begin to save Israel from the hand of the Philistines.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:7 - but he said to me, ‘Behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. So then drink no wine or strong drink, and eat nothing unclean, for the child shall be a Nazirite to 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 to her, “A razor has never come upon my head, for I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If my head is shaved, then my strength will leave 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 - The capitals were on the two pillars and also above the rounded projection which was beside the latticework. There were two hundred pomegranates in two rows all around, and so with the other capital.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:21 - And he said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:10 - because it did not shut the doors of my mother’s womb,
nor hide trouble from my eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:11 - “Why did I not die at birth,
come out from the womb and expire?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:19 - and were as though I had not 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 answer with windy knowledge,
and fill his belly with the east wind?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:35 - They conceive trouble and give birth to evil,
and their womb prepares deceit.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:17 - My breath is strange to my wife,
and I am a stench to the children of my own mother.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:15 - He swallows down riches and vomits them up again;
God casts them out of his belly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:20 - “Because he knew no contentment in his belly,
he will not let anything in which he delights escape him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:23 - To fill his belly to the full,
God[fn] will send his burning anger against him
and rain it upon him into his body.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:15 - Did not he who made me in the womb make him?
And did not one fashion us in the womb?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:18 - (for from my youth the fatherless[fn] grew up with me as with a father,
and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow[fn]),

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 32:18

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 32:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:19 - Behold, my belly is like wine that has no vent;
like new wineskins ready to burst.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:29 - From whose womb did the ice come forth,
and who has given birth to the frost of heaven?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 40:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:16 - Behold, his strength in his loins,
and his power in the muscles of his belly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:14 - from men by your hand, O LORD,
from men of the world whose portion is in this life.[fn]
You fill their womb with treasure;[fn]
they are satisfied with children,
and they leave their abundance to their infants.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:9 - Yet you are he who took me from the womb;
you made me trust you at my mother’s breasts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:10 - On you was I cast from my birth,
and from my mother’s womb you have been my God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:9 - Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am in distress;
my eye is wasted from grief;
my soul and my body also.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 44:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:25 - For our soul is bowed down to the dust;
our belly clings to the ground.

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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 from birth, speaking lies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:6 - Upon you I have leaned from before my birth;
you are he who took me from my mother’s womb.
My praise is continually of you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 127:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 127:3 - Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD,
the fruit of the womb a reward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 132:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:11 - The LORD swore to David a sure oath
from which he will not turn back:
“One of the sons of your body[fn]
I will set on your throne.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 139:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:13 - For you formed my inward parts;
you knitted me together in my mother’s womb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 13:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:25 - The righteous has enough to satisfy his appetite,
but the belly of the wicked suffers want.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 18:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:8 - The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels;
they go down into the inner parts of the body.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 18:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:20 - From the fruit of a man’s mouth his stomach is satisfied;
he is satisfied by the yield of his lips.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 20:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:27 - The spirit[fn] of man is the lamp of the LORD,
searching all his innermost parts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 20:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:30 - Blows that wound cleanse away evil;
strokes make clean the innermost parts.

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