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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H990 matches the Hebrew בֶּטֶן (beṭen),
which occurs 72 times in 72 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 25:23–Pro 20:30)

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 BoxGen 25:24 -

When her days H3117 leading to the delivery H3205 were at H4390 an H4390 end H4390, behold H2009, there were twins H8380 in her womb H990.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:2 - Then Jacob’s H3290 anger H639 burned H2734 against Rachel H7354, and he said H559, “Am I in H8478 the place H8478 of H8478 God H430, who H834 has withheld H4513 from you the fruit H6529 of the womb H990?”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:27 -

It came H1961 about H1961 at the time H6256 she was giving H3205 birth H3205, that behold H2009, there were twins H8380 in her womb H990.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:21 - (then the priest H3548 shall have the woman H802 swear H7650 with the oath H7621 of the curse H423, and the priest H3548 shall say H559 to the woman H802), “may the LORD H3068 make H5414 you a curse H423 and an oath H7621 among H8432 your people H5971 by the LORD’S H3068 making H5414 your thigh H3409 [fn]shriveled H5307 and your [fn]belly H990 swollen H6639;
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 BoxNum 5:27 - ‘When he has made H8248 her drink H8248 the water H4325, then it will come H1961 about H1961, if H518 she has defiled H2930 herself and has been H4603 unfaithful H4603 H4604 to her husband H376, that the water H4325 which brings H779 a curse H779 will go H935 into her [fn]and cause bitterness H4751, and her belly H990 will swell H6638 up H6638 and her thigh H3409 will [fn]shrivel H5307, and the woman H802 will become H1961 a curse H423 among H7130 her people H5971.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:13 - “And He will love H157 you, bless H1288 you, and make H7235 you numerous H7235; He will also bless H1288 the fruit H6529 of your womb H990 and the fruit H6529 of your ground H127, your grain H1715, your new H8492 wine H8492, and your oil H3323, the newborn H7698 of your cattle H504 and the offspring H6251 of your flock H6629, [fn]in the land H127 which H834 He swore H7650 to your forefathers H1 to give H5414 you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:4 -

“Blessed H1288 will be the [fn]children H6529 of your womb H990, the [fn]produce H6529 of your ground H127, and the [fn]offspring H6529 of your animals H929: the newborn H7698 of your herd H504 and the young H6251 of your flock H6629.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:11 - “And the LORD H3068 will give H3498 you more H3498 than H3498 enough H3498 prosperity H2896, in the [fn]children H6529 of your womb H990, in the [fn]offspring H6529 of your livestock H929, and in the [fn]produce H6529 of your ground H127, in the land H127 which H834 the LORD H3068 swore H7650 to your fathers H1 to give H5414 you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:18 -

“Cursed H779 will be the [fn]children H6529 of your womb H990, the [fn]produce H6529 of your ground H127, the newborn H7698 of your herd H504, and the offspring H6251 of your flock H6629.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:53 - “Then you will eat H398 the [fn]offspring H6529 of your own body H990, the flesh H1320 of your sons H1121 and of your daughters H1323 whom H834 the LORD H3068 your God H430 has given H5414 you, during the siege H4692 and the hardship H4689 by which H834 your enemy H340 will [fn]oppress H6693 you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:9 - “Then the LORD H3068 your God H430 will prosper H3498 you [fn]abundantly H2896 in every H3605 work H4639 of your hand H3027, in the [fn]children H6529 of your womb H990, the [fn]offspring H6529 of your cattle H929, and in the [fn]produce H6529 of your ground H127, for the LORD H3068 will again H7725 rejoice H7797 over H5921 you for good H2896, just H834 as H834 He rejoiced H7797 over H5921 your fathers H1;
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:21 - Then Ehud H164 reached H7971 out H7971 with his left H8040 hand H8040 and took H3947 the sword H2719 from his right H3225 thigh H3409, and thrust H8628 it into his belly H990.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:22 - The hilt H5325 of the sword also H1571 went H935 in H935 after H310 the blade H3851, and the fat H2459 closed H5462 over H5704 the blade H3851 because H3588 he did not pull H8025 the sword H2719 out H8025 of his belly H990; and [fn]the refuse H6574 came H3318 out H3318.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:5 - “For behold H2009, you will conceive H2030 and give H3205 birth H3205 to a son H1121, and no H3808 razor H4177 shall come H5927 upon his head H7218, for the boy H5288 shall be a Nazirite H5139 to God H430 from the womb H990; and he will begin H2490 to save H3467 Israel H3478 from the hands H3027 of the Philistines H6430.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:7 - “But he said H559 to me, ‘Behold H2009, you shall conceive H2030 and give H3205 birth H3205 to a son H1121, and now H6258 you shall not drink H8354 wine H3196 or strong H7941 drink H7941, nor H408 eat H398 any H3605 [fn]unclean H2932 thing H2932, for the boy H5288 shall be a Nazirite H5139 to God H430 from the womb H990 to the day H3117 of his death H4194.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:17 - So he told H5046 her all H3605 that was in his heart H3820 and said H559 to her, “A razor H4177 has never H3808 come H5927 on my head H7218, for I have been a Nazirite H5139 to God H430 from my mother’s H517 womb H990. If H518 I am shaved H1548, then my strength H3581 will leave H5493 H4480 me and I will become H2470 weak H2470 and be like any H3605 other man H120.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:20 - So there were capitals H3805 on the two H8147 pillars H5982, also H1571 above H4480 H4605 and close H4480 H5980 to the [fn]rounded H990 projection H990 which H834 was beside H5676 the lattice H7639; and the pomegranates H7416 totaled two hundred H3967 in rows H2905 around H5439 [fn]both H8145 capitals H3805.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:21 - He said H559,

“Naked H6174 I came H3318 from my mother’s H517 womb H990,

And naked H6174 I shall return H7725 there H8033.

The LORD H3068 gave H5414 and the LORD H3068 has taken H3947 away.

Blessed H1288 be the name H8034 of the LORD H3068.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:10 -

Because H3588 it did not shut H5462 the opening H1817 of my mother’s womb H990,

Or hide H5641 trouble H5999 from my eyes H5869.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:11 -

“Why H4100 did I not die H4191 [fn]at birth H7358,

Come H3318 out H3318 of the womb H990 and pass H1478 away H1478?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:19 -

‘I should have been H1961 as though H834 I had not been H1961,

Brought H2986 from womb H990 to tomb H6913.’

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:2 -

“Should a wise H2450 man H2450 answer H6030 with windy H7307 knowledge H1847,

And fill H4390 [fn]himself H990 with the east H6921 wind H6921?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:35 -

“They conceive H2029 [fn]harm H5999 and give H3205 birth H3205 to wrongdoing H205,

And their [fn]mind H990 prepares H3559 deception H4820.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:17 -

“My breath H7307 is offensive H2114 to my wife H802,

And I am loathsome H2603 to my own brothers H1121 H990.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:15 -

“He swallows H1104 riches H2428,

But will vomit H6958 them up H6958;

God H410 will expel H3423 them from his belly H990.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:20 -

“Because H3588 he knew H3045 no H3808 quiet H7961 [fn]within H990 him,

He does not retain H4422 anything he desires H2530.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:23 -

“When he fills H4390 his belly H990,

God will send H7971 His fierce H2740 anger H639 on him

And rain H4305 it on him [fn]while he is eating H3894.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:15 -

“Did He who made H6213 me in the womb H990 not make H6213 him,

And the same H259 One H259 create H3559 us in the womb H990?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:18 -

(But from my youth H5271 he grew H1431 up H1431 with me as with a father H1,

And from [fn]my infancy H517 H990 I guided H5148 her),

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:18 -

“For I am full H4390 of words H4405;

The spirit H7307 within H990 me compels H6693 me.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:19 -

“Behold H2009, my belly H990 is like unvented H3808 H6605 wine H3196;

Like new H2319 wineskins H178, it is about to burst H1234.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:29 -

“From whose H4310 womb H990 has come H3318 the ice H7140?

And the frost H3713 of heaven H8064, who H4310 has given H3205 it birth H3205?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:16 -

“Behold H2009, his strength H3581 in his waist H4975,

And his power H202 in the muscles H8306 of his belly H990.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:14 -

From people H4962 by Your hand H3027, LORD H3068,

From people H4962 [fn]of the world H2465, whose portion H2506 is in this life H2416,

And whose belly H990 You fill H4390 with Your treasure H6840;

They are H7646 satisfied H7646 with children H1121,

And leave H5117 their abundance H3499 to their babies H5768.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:9 -

Yet H3588 You are He who brought H1518 me forth H1518 from the womb H990;

You made me trust H982 when upon my mother’s H517 breasts H7699.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:10 -

I was cast H7993 upon You from [fn]birth H7358;

You have been my God H410 from my mother’s H517 womb H990.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:9 -

Be H2603 gracious H2603 to me, LORD H3068, for I am H6887 in H6887 distress H6887;

My eye H5869 is wasted H6244 away H6244 from grief H3708, my soul H5315 and my body H990 too.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:25 -

For our souls H5315 have sunk H7743 down H7743 into the dust H6083;

Our bodies H990 cling H1692 to the earth H776.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:3 -

The wicked H7563 have turned H2114 away H2114 from the womb H7358;

These who speak H1696 lies H3577 go H8582 astray H8582 from [fn]birth H990.

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 BoxPsa 127:3 -

Behold H2009, children H1121 are a [fn]gift H5159 of the LORD H3068,

The fruit H6529 of the womb H990 is a reward H7939.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:11 -

The LORD H3068 has sworn H7650 to David H1732

A truth H571 from which He will not turn H7725 back H7725:

“I will set H7896 upon your throne H3678 one from the fruit H6529 of your body H990.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:13 -

For You created H7069 my innermost H3629 parts H3629;

You wove H5526 me in my mother’s H517 womb H990.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:25 -

The righteous H6662 [fn]has H398 enough H398 to satisfy H7648 his appetite H5315,

But the stomach H990 of the wicked H7563 is H2637 in H2637 need H2637.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:8 -

The words H1697 of a gossiper H7279 are like dainty H3859 morsels H3859,

And they go H3381 down H3381 into the [fn]innermost H2315 parts H2315 of the body H990.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:20 -

With the [fn]fruit H6529 of a person’s H376 mouth H6310 his stomach H990 will be H7646 satisfied H7646;

He will be H7646 satisfied H7646 with the product H8393 of his lips H8193.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:27 -

The [fn]spirit H5397 of a person H120 is the lamp H5216 of the LORD H3068,

Searching H2664 all H3605 the [fn]innermost H2315 parts H2315 of his being H990.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:30 -

Bruising H6482 wounds H2250 clean H4838 away H4838 evil H7451,

And blows H4347 cleanse the [fn]innermost H2315 parts H990.


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