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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 told her, “The sons in your womb will become two nations. From the very beginning, the two nations will be rivals. One nation will be stronger than the other; and your older son will serve your younger son.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:24 - And when the time came to give birth, Rebekah discovered that she did indeed have twins!

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:2 - Then Jacob became furious with Rachel. “Am I God?” he asked. “He’s the one who has kept you from having children!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:27 - When the time came for Tamar to give birth, it was discovered that she was carrying twins.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:21 - “At this point the priest must put the woman under oath by saying, ‘May the people know that the LORD’s curse is upon you when he makes you infertile, causing your womb to shrivel[fn] and your abdomen to swell.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:22 - Now may this water that brings the curse enter your body and cause your abdomen to swell and your womb to shrivel.[fn]’ And the woman will be required to say, ‘Yes, let it be so.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:27 - If she has defiled herself by being unfaithful to her husband, the water that brings on the curse will cause bitter suffering. Her abdomen will swell and her womb will shrink,[fn] and her name will 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 and bless you, and he will give you many children. He will give fertility to your land and your animals. When you arrive in the land he swore to give your ancestors, you will have large harvests of grain, new wine, and olive oil, and great herds of cattle, sheep, and goats.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:4 - Your children and your crops
will be blessed.
The offspring of your herds and flocks
will be blessed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:11 - “The LORD will give you prosperity in the land he swore to your ancestors to give you, blessing you with many children, numerous livestock, and abundant crops.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:18 - Your children and your crops
will be cursed.
The offspring of your herds and flocks
will be cursed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:53

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:53 - “The siege and terrible distress of the enemy’s attack will be so severe that you will eat the flesh of your own sons and daughters, whom the LORD your God has given you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 30:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:9 - “The LORD your God will then make you successful in everything you do. He will give you many children and numerous livestock, and he will cause your fields to produce abundant harvests, for the LORD will again delight in being good to you as he was to your ancestors.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 3:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:21 - Ehud reached with his left hand, pulled out the dagger strapped to his right thigh, and plunged it into the king’s belly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 3:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:22 - The dagger went so deep that the handle disappeared beneath the king’s fat. So Ehud did not pull out the dagger, and the king’s bowels emptied.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:5 - You will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and his hair must never be cut. For he will be dedicated to God as a Nazirite from birth. He will begin to rescue Israel from the Philistines.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:7 - But he told me, ‘You will become pregnant and give birth to a son. You must not drink wine or any other alcoholic drink nor eat any forbidden food. For your son will be dedicated to God as a Nazirite from the moment of his birth until the day of his death.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:17 - Finally, Samson shared his secret with her. “My hair has never been cut,” he confessed, “for I was dedicated to God as a Nazirite from birth. If my head were shaved, my strength would leave me, and I would become as weak as anyone else.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:20 - The capitals on the two pillars had 200 pomegranates in two rows around them, beside the rounded surface next to the latticework.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:21 - He said,
“I came naked from my mother’s womb,
and I will be naked when I leave.
The LORD gave me what I had,
and the LORD has taken it away.
Praise the name of the LORD!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:10 - Curse that day for failing to shut my mother’s womb,
for letting me be born to see all this trouble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:11 - “Why wasn’t I born dead?
Why didn’t I die as I came from the womb?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:19 - It would be as though I had never existed,
going directly from the womb to the grave.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:2 - “A wise man wouldn’t answer with such empty talk!
You are nothing but a windbag.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:35 - They conceive trouble and give birth to evil.
Their womb produces deceit.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:17 - My breath is repulsive to my wife.
I am rejected by my own family.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:15 - They will vomit the wealth they swallowed.
God won’t let them keep it down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:20 - They were always greedy and never satisfied.
Nothing remains of all the things they dreamed about.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:23 - May God give them a bellyful of trouble.
May God rain down his anger upon them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:15 - For God created both me and my servants.
He created us both in the womb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:18 - No, from childhood I have cared for orphans like a father,
and all my life I have cared for widows.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 32:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:18 - For I am full of pent-up words,
and the spirit within me urges me on.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 32:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:19 - I am like a cask of wine without a vent,
like a new wineskin ready to burst!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:29 - Who is the mother of the ice?
Who gives birth to the frost from the heavens?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 40:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:16 - See its powerful loins
and the muscles of its belly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:14 - By the power of your hand, O LORD,
destroy those who look to this world for their reward.
But satisfy the hunger of your treasured ones.
May their children have plenty,
leaving an inheritance for their descendants.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:9 - Yet you brought me safely from my mother’s womb
and led me to trust you at my mother’s breast.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:10 - I was thrust into your arms at my birth.
You have been my God from the moment I was born.

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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.
Tears blur my eyes.
My body and soul are withering away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 44:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:25 - We collapse in the dust,
lying face down in the dirt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 58:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:3 - These wicked people are born sinners;
even from birth they have lied and gone their own way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:6 - Yes, you have been with me from birth;
from my mother’s womb you have cared for me.
No wonder I am always praising you!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 127:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 127:3 - Children are a gift from the LORD;
they are a reward from him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 132:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:11 - The LORD swore an oath to David
with a promise he will never take back:
“I will place one of your descendants
on your throne.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 139:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:13 - You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body
and knit me together in my mother’s womb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 13:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:25 - The godly eat to their hearts’ content,
but the belly of the wicked goes hungry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 18:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:8 - Rumors are dainty morsels
that sink deep into one’s heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 18:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:20 - Wise words satisfy like a good meal;
the right words bring satisfaction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 20:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:27 - The LORD’s light penetrates the human spirit,[fn]
exposing every hidden motive.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 20:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:30 - Physical punishment cleanses away evil;[fn]
such discipline purifies the heart.

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