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κοιλία

koiliabelly/womb/stomachHow to read Greek
greekNew TestamentNoun · feminine23 occurrences10 books22 verses

Definition

κοιλία, -ας, ἡ

(κοῖλος, hollow), [in LXX chiefly for בֶּטֶן, מֵעֶה, קֶרֶב, Deuteronomy 7:13, 2 Samuel 7:12, Genesis 41:21, al.; also (Job 3:11; 10:18; 31:15; 38:8) for רֶחֶם ;]

1. the belly (stomach or intestines or both): Matthew 12:40; 15:17, Mark 7:19, Luke 15:16, Romans 16:18, 1 Corinthians 6:13, Philippians 3:19, Revelation 10:9-10.

2. (As often in LXX) the womb: Luke 1:41-42, 44; 2:21; 11:27; 23:29, John 3:4; ἐκ κ. μητρός (cf. Psalm 22:11, Job 1:21, al.), Matthew 19:12, Luke 1:15, Acts 3:2; 14:8, Galatians 1:15.

3. Metaphorical (as Heb. בֶּטֶן, cf. Job 15:35, Proverbs 20:27, Sir.19.12), of the heart: John 7:38.

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as κοιλία:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

23 total
  1. Matthew 12:40κοιλίᾳ · belly
    For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
  2. Matthew 15:17κοιλίαν · stomach
    “Do you not yet realize that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then is eliminated?
  3. Matthew 19:12κοιλίας
    For there are eunuchs who were born that way; others were made that way by men; and still others live like eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. The one who can accept this should accept it.”
  4. Mark 7:19κοιλίαν · stomach
    …because it does not enter his heart, but it goes into the stomach and then is eliminated.” (Thus all foods are clean.)
  5. Luke 1:15κοιλίας · womb
    …for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He shall never take wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his mother’s womb.
  6. Luke 1:41κοιλίᾳ · womb
    When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.
  7. Luke 1:42κοιλίας · womb
    In a loud voice she exclaimed, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!
  8. Luke 1:44κοιλίᾳ · womb
    For as soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.
  9. Luke 2:21κοιλίᾳ
    When the eight days before His circumcision had passed, He was named Jesus, the name the angel had given Him before He was conceived.
  10. Luke 11:27κοιλία · womb
    As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said, “Blessed is the womb that bore You, and blessed are the breasts that nursed You!”
  11. Luke 15:16κοιλίαν · belly
    He longed to fill his belly with the pods the pigs were eating, but no one would give him a thing.
  12. Luke 23:29κοιλίαι · wombs
    Look, the days are coming when people will say, ‘Blessed are the barren women, the wombs that never bore, and breasts that never nursed!’
  13. John 3:4κοιλίαν · womb
    “How can a man be born when he is old?” Nicodemus asked. “Can he enter his mother’s womb a second time to be born?”
  14. John 7:38κοιλίας · [within]
    Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’”
  15. Acts 3:2κοιλίας · birth
    And a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those entering the temple courts.
  16. Acts 14:8κοιλίας · birth
    In Lystra there sat a man crippled in his feet, who was lame from birth and had never walked.
  17. Romans 16:18κοιλίᾳ · appetites
    For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.
  18. 1 Corinthians 6:13κοιλίᾳ · stomach; κοιλία · stomach
    “Food for the stomach and the stomach for food,” but God will destroy them both. The body is not intended for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.
  19. Galatians 1:15κοιλίας · womb
    But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by His grace, was pleased
  20. Philippians 3:19κοιλία · belly
    Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.
  21. Revelation 10:9κοιλίαν · stomach {bitter}
    And I went to the angel and said, “Give me the small scroll.” “Take it and eat it,” he said. “It will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey.”
  22. Revelation 10:10κοιλία · stomach
    So I took the small scroll from the angel’s hand and ate it, and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth. But when I had eaten it, my stomach turned bitter.