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Lexicon :: Strong's G2836 - koilia

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κοιλία
Transliteration
koilia (Key)
Pronunciation
koy-lee'-ah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From koilos ("hollow")
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:786,446

Strong’s Definitions

κοιλία koilía, koy-lee'-ah; from κοῖλος koîlos ("hollow"); a cavity, i.e. (especially) the abdomen; by implication, the matrix; figuratively, the heart:—belly, womb.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x

The KJV translates Strong's G2836 in the following manner: womb (12x), belly (11x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x
The KJV translates Strong's G2836 in the following manner: womb (12x), belly (11x).

  1. the whole belly, the entire cavity

    1. the upper [i.e. stomach] and the lower belly are distinguished

  2. the lower belly, the lower region, the receptacle of the excrement

  3. the gullet

    1. to be given up to the pleasures of the palate, to gluttony

  4. the womb, the place where the foetus is conceived and nourished until birth

    1. of the uterus of animals

  5. the innermost part of a man, the soul, heart as the seat of thought, feeling, choice

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κοιλία koilía, koy-lee'-ah; from κοῖλος koîlos ("hollow"); a cavity, i.e. (especially) the abdomen; by implication, the matrix; figuratively, the heart:—belly, womb.
STRONGS G2836:
κοιλία, κοιλίας, ἡ (κοῖλος hollow); the Sept. for בֶּטֶן, the belly; מֵעִים` the bowels; קֶרֶן, the interior, the midst of a thing; רֶחֶם, the womb; the belly: and
1. the whole belly, the entire cavity; hence ἡ ἄνω and ἡ κάτω κοιλία, the upper (i. e. the stomach) and the lower belly are distinguished; very often so in Greek writings from Herodotus down.
2. the lower belly, the alvine region, the receptacle of the excrement (Plutarch, symp. 7, 1, 3 under the end εἴπερ εἰς κοιλίαν ἐχώρει διά στομαχου πᾶν τό πινόμενον): Matthew 15:17; Mark 7:19.
3. the gullet (Latinstomachus): Matthew 12:40; Luke 15:16 (WH Tr marginal reading χορτασθῆναι ἐκ etc.); 1 Corinthians 6:13; Revelation 10:9f; δουλεύειν τῇ κοιλία, to be given up to the pleasures of the palate, to gluttony (see δουλεύω, 2 b.), Romans 16:18; also for ὧν ὁ Θεός ἡ κοιλία, Philippians 3:19; κοιλίας ὄρεξις, Sir. 23:6.
4. the womb, the place where the foetus is conceived and nourished till birth: Luke 1:41f, 44; Luke 2:21; Luke 11:27; Luke 23:29; John 3:4 (very often so in the Sept.; very rarely in secular authors; Epictetus diss. 3, 22, 74; of the uterus of animals, ibid. 2, 16, 43); ἐκ (beginning from (see ἐκ, IV. 1)) κοιλίας μητρός, Matthew 19:12; Luke 1:15; Acts 3:2; Acts 14:8; Galatians 1:15, (for אֵם מִבֶּטֶן, Psalm 21:11 (Ps. 22:11); Psalms 70:6 (Ps. 71:6); Job 1:21; Isaiah 49:1; Judges 16:17 (the Vaticanus manuscript, ἀπό κοιλίας μητρός; cf. Winer's Grammar, 33 (32))).
5. in imitation of the Hebrew בֶּטֶן, tropically, the innermost part of a man, the soul, heart, as the seat of thought, feeling, choice (Job 15:35; Job 32:18 (the Sept. γαστήρ); Proverbs 18:8 (the Sept. ψυχή); Proverbs 20:27, 30; 26:22 (the Sept. σπλάγχνα); Habakkuk 3:16; Sir. 19:12 Sir. 51:21): John 7:38.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Judges
16:17
Job
1:21; 15:35; 32:18
Psalms
21:11; 22:11; 71:6
Proverbs
18:8; 20:27; 20:30; 26:22
Isaiah
49:1
Habakkuk
3:16
Matthew
12:40; 15:17; 19:12
Mark
7:19
Luke
1:15; 1:41; 1:44; 2:21; 11:27; 15:16; 23:29
John
3:4; 7:38
Acts
3:2; 14:8
Romans
16:18
1 Corinthians
6:13
Galatians
1:15
Philippians
3:19
Revelation
10:9

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2836 matches the Greek κοιλία (koilia),
which occurs 22 times in 21 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:40

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:40 - for as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 15:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:17 - Perceive ye not, that whatsoever goeth into the mouth passeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 19:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:12 - For there are eunuchs, that were so born from their mother’s womb: and there are eunuchs, that were made eunuchs by men: and there are eunuchs, that made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven’s sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:19 - because it goeth not into his heart, but into his belly, and goeth out into the draught? This he said, making all meats clean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:15 - For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and he shall drink no wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:41

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:41 - And it came to pass, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:42

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:42 - and she lifted up her voice with a loud cry, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:44 - For behold, when the voice of thy salutation came into mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:21 - And when eight days were fulfilled for circumcising him, his name was called JESUS, which was so called by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:27 - And it came to pass, as he said these things, a certain woman out of the multitude lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the breasts which thou didst suck.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:29 - For behold, the days are coming, in which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the breasts that never gave suck.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:4 - Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:38 - He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, from within him shall flow rivers of living water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:2 - And a certain man that was lame from his mother’s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the door of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:8 - And at Lystra there sat a certain man, impotent in his feet, a cripple from his mother’s womb, who never had walked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 16:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:18 - For they that are such serve not our Lord Christ, but their own belly; and by their smooth and fair speech they beguile the hearts of the innocent.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 6:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:13 - Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall bring to nought both it and them. But the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body:

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:15 - But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me, even from my mother’s womb, and called me through his grace,

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:19 - whose end is perdition, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 10:9 - And I went unto the angel, saying unto him that he should give me the little book. And he saith unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but in thy mouth it shall be sweet as honey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 10:10 - And I took the little book out of the angel’s hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and when I had eaten it, my belly was made bitter.
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