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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).
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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 - The LORD said to her, Two nations are in your womb, Two peoples will be separated from your body. The one people will be stronger than the other people. The elder will serve the younger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:24 - When her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:2 - Ya`akov's anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, "Am I in God's place, 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 - It happened 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 Kohen shall cause the woman to swear with the oath of cursing, and the Kohen shall tell the woman, 'The LORD make you a curse and an oath among your people, when the LORD allows your thigh to fall away, and your body to swell;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:22 - and this water that brings a curse will go into your bowels, and make your body swell, and your thigh fall away.' The woman shall say, 'Amein, Amein.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:27 - When he has made her drink the water, then it shall happen, if she is defiled, and has committed a trespass against her husband, that the water that causes the curse will enter into her and become bitter, and her body will swell, and her thigh will fall away: and the woman will 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 you, and bless you, and multiply you; he will also bless the fruit of your body and the fruit of your ground, your grain and your new wine and your oil, the increase of your cattle and the young of your flock, in the land which 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 body, and the fruit of your ground, and the fruit of your animals, the increase of your cattle, and the young of your flock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:11 - The LORD will make you plenteous for good, in the fruit of your body, and in the fruit of your cattle, and in the fruit of your ground, in the land which 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 body, and the fruit of your ground, the increase of your cattle, and the young of your flock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:53

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:53 - You shall eat the fruit of your own body, the flesh of your sons and of your 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 plenteous in all the work of your hand, in the fruit of your body, and in the fruit of your cattle, and in the fruit of your ground, for good: for the LORD will again rejoice over you for good, as he rejoiced over your fathers;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 3:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:21 - 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 on the blade, for he didn't draw 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, behold, you shall conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head; for the child shall be a Nazir to God from the womb: and he shall begin to save Yisra'el out of the hand of the Pelishtim.

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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; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing; for the child shall be a Nazir 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 - He told her all his heart, and said to her, "No razor has ever come on my head; for I have been a Nazir to God from my mother's womb. If I am shaved, then my strength will go from me, and I will become weak, and be like any other man."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:20 - There were capitals above also on the two pillars, close by the belly which was beside the network: and the pomegranates were two hundred, in rows round about on the other capital.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:21 - He said, "Naked I came out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return there. 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 didn't shut up the doors of my mother's womb, Nor did it hide trouble from my eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:11 - "Why didn't I die from the womb? Why didn't I give up the spirit when my mother bore 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 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. Their heart prepares deceit."

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:17 - My breath is offensive to my wife. I am loathsome to the children of my own mother.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:15 - He has 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 anything of that in which he delights.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:23 - When he is about to fill his belly, God will cast the fierceness of his wrath on him. It will rain on him while he is eating.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:15 - Didn't he who made me in the womb make him? Didn't one fashion us in the womb?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:18 - (No, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, Her have I guided from my mother's womb);

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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 breast is as wine which has no vent; Like new wineskins 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? The gray frost of the sky, who has given birth to it?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 40:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:16 - Look now, his strength is in his loins, 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 your hand, LORD, From men of the world, whose portion is in this life. You fill the belly of your cherished ones. Your sons have plenty, And they store up wealth for their children.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:9 - But you brought me out of the womb. You made me trust at my mother's breasts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:10 - I was thrown on you from my mother's womb. You are my God since my mother bore me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:9 - Have mercy on me, LORD, for I am in distress. My eye, my soul, and my body waste away with grief.

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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 body cleaves to the eretz.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 58:3

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:6 - I have relied on you from the womb. You are he who took me out of my mother's womb. I will always praise you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 127:3

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 132:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:11 - The LORD has sworn to David in truth. He will not turn from it: "I will set the fruit of your body on your throne.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 139:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:13 - For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother's womb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 13:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:25 - The righteous one eats to the satisfying of his soul, But the belly of the wicked goes hungry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 18:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:8 - The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels: They go down into a person's innermost parts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 18:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:20 - A man's stomach is filled with the fruit of his mouth. With the harvest of his lips he is satisfied.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 20:27

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 20:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:30 - Wounding blows cleanse away evil, And beatings purge the innermost parts.

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