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Lexicon :: Strong's H4578 - mēʿê

Aa
מֵעֶה
Transliteration
mēʿê
Pronunciation
may-aw'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root probably meaning to be soft
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1227a

Strong’s Definitions

מֵעֶה mêʻeh, may-aw'; from an unused root probably meaning to be soft; used only in plural the intestines, or (collectively) the abdomen, figuratively, sympathy; by implication, a vest; by extension the stomach, the uterus (or of men, the seat of generation), the heart (figuratively):—belly, bowels, × heart, womb.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 32x

The KJV translates Strong's H4578 in the following manner: bowels (27x), belly (3x), heart (1x), womb (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 32x
The KJV translates Strong's H4578 in the following manner: bowels (27x), belly (3x), heart (1x), womb (1x).
  1. internal organs, inward parts, bowels, intestines, belly

    1. inward parts

    2. digestive organs

    3. organs of procreation, womb

    4. place of emotions or distress or love (fig.)

    5. external belly

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מֵעֶה mêʻeh, may-aw'; from an unused root probably meaning to be soft; used only in plural the intestines, or (collectively) the abdomen, figuratively, sympathy; by implication, a vest; by extension the stomach, the uterus (or of men, the seat of generation), the heart (figuratively):—belly, bowels, × heart, womb.
STRONGS H4578: Abbreviations
† [מֵעֶה] noun masculineIsaiah 16:11 only plural internal organs, inward parts (intestines, bowels), belly (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic H4577 מְעָא, מַעֲיָא, bdb058804, bdb058805; Arabic bdb058806; Ethiopic bdb058807; — on form compare LagBN 156 BaZMG xiii. 1888, 345); — plural [מֵעִים] construct מְעֵי Psalm 71:6 + 3 times; suffix מֵעַי 2 Samuel 16:11 + 9 times, מֵעָ֑י Psalm 22:15; Psalm 40:9; מֵעֶיךָ Genesis 15:4 + 6 times; מֵעַיִךְ Genesis 25:23; Numbers 5:22; מֵעָיו 2 Samuel 20:10 + 5 times; מֵעֵיהֶם Ezekiel 7:19; —
1. literally:
a. אַ֫רְצָה מֵעָיו וַיִּשְׁפֹּךְ 2 Samuel 20:10 and he poured out his inward parts on the ground (through a wound); compare מ׳ מַחֲלֵה 2 Chronicles 21:15, 18, מ׳ יָֽצְאוּ 2 Chronicles 21:15; 2 Chronicles 21:19.
b. as digestive organs, but without precision, nearly = stomach, belly, Job 20:14; Ezekiel 3:3 (|| בֶּטֶן), Ezekiel 7:19 (|| נֶפֶשׁ; both with מָלֵא), Numbers 5:22; so of fish that swallowed Jonah Jonah 2:1; Jonah 2:2.
2. source of procreation: אשׁר יצא מִמּ׳ (said of offspring) Genesis 15:4 (JE), 2 Samuel 7:12 (|| זַרְעֲךָ), 2 Samuel 16:11; צֶאֱצָאֵי מ׳ Isaiah 48:19 (|| id.); מִיצִיאֵי מ׳ 2 Chronicles 32:21.
3. = womb, יִפָּרֵ֑דוּ מִמֵּעַיִח לְאֻמִּים שְׁנֵי Genesis 25:23 (J; || בֶּטֶן), compare Isaiah 49:1 (|| id.), Psalm 71:6 (|| id.), Ruth 1:11.
4. in general = inwards, inward part, לִבִּי ֗֗֗ נָמֵס בְּתוֺךְ מ׳ Psalm 22:15, compare תּוֺרָֽתְךָ בְּתוֺךְ מ׳ Psalm 40:9.
5. figurative = seat of emotions: pity, Isaiah 16:11 (|| קֶרֶב); of God's compassion, Jeremiah 31:20 (|| רחם; in both subject of verb הָמוּ); הֲמוֺן מֵעֶיךָ Isaiah 63:15 (|| רַחֲמֶיךָ); distress, Jeremiah 4:19 (twice in verse) (|| לֵב, מֵעַי חֳמַרְמָרוּ Lamentations 1:20 (|| לֵב), Lamentations 2:11 (|| כָּבֵד liver); מֵעַי רֻתְּחוּ Job 30:27 (dubious, see Bu); love, מֵעַי הָמוּ עָלָיו Songs 5:4.
6. the external belly, מֵעָיו עֶשֶׁת שֵׁן Songs 5:14.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H4577.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

15:4; 15:4; 25:23; 25:23

Numbers

5:22; 5:22

Ruth

1:11

2 Samuel

7:12; 16:11; 16:11; 20:10; 20:10

2 Chronicles

21:15; 21:15; 21:18; 21:19; 32:21

Job

20:14; 30:27

Psalms

22:15; 22:15; 40:9; 40:9; 71:6; 71:6

Song of Songs

5:4; 5:14

Isaiah

16:11; 16:11; 48:19; 49:1; 63:15

Jeremiah

4:19; 31:20

Lamentations

1:20; 2:11

Ezekiel

3:3; 7:19; 7:19

Jonah

2:1; 2:2

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4578 matches the Hebrew מֵעֶה (mēʿê),
which occurs 32 times in 30 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:4 - Then behold H2009, the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came to him, saying H559, “This H2088 man will not be H3423 your heir H3423; but one who H834 will come H3318 from H3318 your own [fn]body H4578 shall be H3423 your heir H3423.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:23 - And the LORD H3068 said H559 to her,

“Two H8147 nations H1471 are in your womb H990;

And two H8147 peoples H3816 will be separated H6504 from your body H4578;

And one people H3816 will be H553 stronger H553 than H4480 the other H3816;

And the older H7227 will serve H5647 the younger H6810.”

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:22 - and this H428 water H4325 that brings H779 a curse H779 shall go H935 into your [fn]stomach H4578, to make your belly H990 swell H6638 up H6638 and your thigh H3409 [fn]shrivel H5307.” And the woman H802 shall say H559, “Amen H543, Amen H543.”
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:11 - But Naomi H5281 said H559, “Return H7725, my daughters H1323. Why H4100 should you go H1980 with me? Do I still H5750 have sons H1121 in my womb H4578, that they may be your husbands H376?
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:12 - “When H3588 your days H3117 are finished H4390 and you [fn]lie H7901 down H7901 with your fathers H1, I will raise H6965 up H6965 your [fn]descendant H2233 after H310 you, who H834 will come H3318 from [fn]you, and I will establish H3559 his kingdom H4467.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:11 - Then David H1732 said H559 to Abishai H52 and to all H3605 his servants H5650, “Behold H2009, my son H1121 who H834 came H3318 out H3318 of my own body seeks H1245 my life H5315; how H637 much H637 H3588 more H637 H3588 now H6258 this Benjaminite H1145? Leave H5117 him alone H5117 and let him curse H7043, for the LORD H3068 has told H559 him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:10 - But Amasa H6021 was not on guard H8104 against the sword H2719 which H834 was in Joab’s H3097 hand H3027, so he struck H5221 him in the belly H2570 with it and spilled H8210 out H8210 his intestines H4578 on the ground H776, and did H8138 not strike him again H8138, and he died H4191. Then Joab H3097 and his brother H251 Abishai H52 pursued H7291 H310 Sheba H7652 the son H1121 of Bichri H1075.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:15 - and you will suffer [fn]severe H7227 sickness H2483, a disease H4245 of your bowels H4578, until H5704 your bowels H4578 come H3318 out H3318 because H4480 of the sickness H2483, day H3117 by day H3117.’”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:18 -

So after H310 all H3605 this H2088 the LORD H3068 struck H5062 him in his intestines H4578 with an incurable H369 H4832 sickness H2483.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:19 - Now it came H1961 about H1961 in the course H4480 H3117 of time H3117, at the end H7093 of two H8147 years H3117, that his bowels H4578 came H3318 out H3318 because H5973 of his sickness H2483, and he died H4191 in great H7451 pain H8463. And his people H5971 did not make H6213 a funeral fire H8316 for him like the fire H8316 for his fathers H1.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:21 - And the LORD H3068 sent H7971 an angel H4397 who destroyed H3582 every H3605 warrior H1368, commander H5057, and officer H8269 in the camp H4264 of the king H4428 of Assyria H804. So he returned H7725 [fn]in shame H1322 H6440 to his own land H776. And when he had entered H935 the temple H1004 of his god H430, some H4480 of his own H4578 sons H3329 H4578 killed H5307 him there H8033 with the sword H2719.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:14 -

Yet his food H3899 in his stomach H4578 is changed H2015

To the [fn]venom H4846 of cobras H6620 within H7130 him.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:27 -

[fn]I am seething H7570 within H4578 and cannot H3808 rest H1826;

Days H3117 of misery H6040 confront H6923 me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:14 -

I am poured H8210 out H8210 like water H4325,

And all H3605 my bones H6106 are out of joint H6504;

My heart H3820 is like wax H1749;

It is melted H4549 within H8432 [fn]me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:8 -

“I delight H2654 to do H6213 Your will H7522, my God H430;

Your Law H8451 is within H8432 my [fn]heart H4578.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:6 -

I have leaned H5564 on You since H4480 my birth H990;

You are He who took H1491 me from my mother’s H517 womb H990;

My praise H8416 is continually H8548 [fn]of You.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:4 -

“My beloved H1730 extended H7971 his hand H3027 through H4480 the opening H2356,

And my feelings H4578 were stirred H1993 for him.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:14 -

“His hands H3027 are rods H1551 of gold H2091

Set H4390 with topaz H8658;

His abdomen H4578 is panels H6247 of ivory H8127

Covered H5968 with [fn]sapphires H5601.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:11 -

Therefore H5921 H3651 my [fn]inner H4578 being H4578 sounds H1993 like a harp H3658 for Moab H4124.

And my [fn]heart H7130 for Kir-hareseth H7025.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:19 -

“Your [fn]descendants H2233 would have been H1961 like the sand H2344,

And [fn]your offspring H6631 H4578 like its grains H4579;

Their name H8034 would never H3808 be eliminated H3772 or destroyed H8045 from My presence H6440.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:1 -

Listen H8085 to Me, you islands H339,

And pay H7181 attention H7181, you peoples H3816 from afar H7350.

The LORD H3068 called H7121 Me from the womb H990;

From the [fn]body H4578 of My mother H517 He named H2142 H8034 Me.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:15 -

Look H5027 down H5027 from heaven H8064 and see H7200 from Your holy H6944 and glorious H8597 lofty H2073 habitation H2073;

Where H346 are Your zeal H7068 and Your mighty H1369 deeds H1369?

The stirrings H1995 of Your heart H4578 and Your compassion H7356 are restrained H662 toward H413 me.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:19 -

My [fn]soul H4578, my [fn]soul H4578! I am H2342 in H2342 anguish H2342! [fn]Oh H7023, my heart H3820!

My heart H3820 is pounding H1993 in me;

I cannot H3808 keep silent H2790,

Because H3588, [fn]my soul H5315, you have heard H8085

The sound H6963 of the trumpet H7782,

The alarm H8643 of war H4421.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:20 -

“Is Ephraim H669 My dear H3357 son H1121?

Is he a delightful H8191 child H3206?

Indeed H3588, as often H1767 as I have spoken H1696 against him,

I certainly H2142 still remember H2142 him;

Therefore H5921 H3651 My [fn]heart H4578 yearns H1993 for him;

I will certainly H7355 have H7355 mercy H7355 on H7355 him,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:20 -

“See H7200, LORD H3068, for I am H6887 in H6887 distress H6887;

My [fn]spirit H4578 is greatly H2560 troubled H2560;

My heart H3820 is overturned H2015 within H7130 me,

For I have been very H4784 rebellious H4784.

In the street H2351 the sword H2719 has made H7921 women childless H7921;

In the house H1004 it is like death H4194.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:11 -

My eyes H5869 fail H3615 because of tears H1832,

My [fn]spirit H4578 is greatly H2560 troubled H2560;

My [fn]heart H3516 is poured H8210 out H8210 on the earth H776

Because H5921 of the [fn]destruction H7667 of the daughter H1323 of my people H5971,

When little H5768 ones H5768 and infants H3243 languish H5848

In the streets H7339 of the city H7151.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:3 - And He said H559 to me, “Son H1121 of man H120, feed H398 your stomach H990 and fill H4390 your [fn]body H4578 with this H2088 scroll H4039 which H834 I am giving H5414 you.” Then I ate H398 it, and it was as sweet H4966 as honey H1706 in my mouth H6310.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:19 - ‘They will fling H7993 their silver H3701 into the streets H2351, and their gold H2091 will become H1961 an abhorrent H5079 thing H5079; their silver H3701 and their gold H2091 will not be H3201 able H3201 to save H5337 them on the day H3117 of the wrath H5678 of the LORD H3068. They cannot H3808 satisfy H7646 their [fn]appetite H5315, nor H3808 can they fill H4390 their stomachs H4578, because H3588 their wrongdoing H5771 has become H1961 a cause H4383 of H4383 stumbling H4383.
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:17 -

[fn]And the LORD H3068 designated H4487 a great H1419 fish H1709 to swallow H1104 Jonah H3124, and Jonah H3124 was in the stomach H4578 of the fish H1709 for three H7969 days H3117 and three H7969 nights H3915.

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:1 -

[fn]Then Jonah H3124 prayed H6419 to the LORD H3068 his God H430 from the stomach H4578 of the fish H1710,

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