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Lexicon :: Strong's G2836 - koilia

Aa
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 BoxMat 12:40

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:40 - For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the stomach of the great fish, so will the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:17 - Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth goes on into the stomach, and is sent out as waste?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:12 - For there are men who, from birth, were without sex: and there are some who were made so by men: and there are others who have made themselves so for the kingdom of heaven. He who is able to take it, let him take it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:19 - Because it goes not into the heart but into the stomach, and goes out with the waste? He said this, making all food clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:15 - For he will be great in the eyes of the Lord; he will not take wine or strong drink; and he will be full of the Spirit of God from his birth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:41

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:41 - And when the voice of Mary came to the ears of Elisabeth, the baby made a sudden move inside her; then Elisabeth was full of the Holy Spirit,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:42

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:42 - And she said with a loud voice: May blessing be on you among women, and a blessing on the child of your body.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:44 - For, truly, when the sound of your voice came to my ears, the baby in my body made a sudden move for joy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:21 - And when, after eight days, the time came for his circumcision, he was named Jesus, the name which the angel had given to him before his birth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:27 - And it came about that when he said these things, a certain woman among the people said in a loud voice, Happy is the body which gave you birth, and the breasts from which you took milk.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:29 - For the days are coming in which they will say, Happy are those who have had no children, whose bodies have never given birth, whose breasts have never given milk.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:4 - Nicodemus said to him, How is it possible for a man to be given birth when he is old? Is he able to go into his mother's body a second time and come to birth again?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:38 - He who has faith in me, out of his body, as the Writings have said, will come rivers of living water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:2 - And a certain man who from birth had had no power in his legs, was taken there every day, and put down at the door of the Temple which is named Beautiful, requesting money from those who went into the Temple;

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:8 - And at Lystra there was a certain man, who from birth had been without the use of his feet, never having had the power of walking.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:18 - For such people are not servants of the Lord Christ, but of their stomachs; and by their smooth and well-said words the hearts of those who have no knowledge of evil are tricked.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:13 - Food is for the stomach and the stomach for food, and God will put an end to them together. But the body is not for the desires of the flesh, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:15 - But when it was the good pleasure of God, by whom I was marked out even from my mother's body, through his grace,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:19 - Whose end is destruction, whose god is the stomach, and whose glory is in their shame, whose minds are fixed on the things of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 10:9 - And I went to the angel, and said to him, Give me the little book. And he said to me: Put it in your mouth; and it will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be sweet as honey.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 10:10 - And I took the little book out of the angel's hand and did as he said; and it was sweet as honey in my mouth: and when I had taken it, my stomach was made bitter.
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