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Lexicon :: Strong's H990 - beṭen

Aa
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).
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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 2 / 2 (Pro 22:18–Hab 3:16)

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