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κοιλία

Belly/womb/stomach

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κοιλία G2836
Pronunciation koilía

What does κοιλία (koilía) mean in the Bible?

κοιλία (koilía) is a Greek word meaning "belly/womb/stomach". κοιλία, -ας, ἡ (κοῖλος, hollow), [in LXX chiefly for בֶּטֶן, מֵעֶה, קֶרֶב, Deu.

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Meaning

belly/womb/stomach
Extended definition

Body cavity hosting life's origin and deepest desires; womb, stomach, or metaphorically the heart's core.

(κοῖλος, hollow), [in LXX chiefly for בֶּטֶן, מֵעֶה, קֶרֶב, Deu.7:13, 2Ki.7:12, Gen.41:21, al.; also (Job.3:11 10:18 31:15 38:8) for רֶחֶם ;]

1the belly (stomach or intestines or both): Mat.12:40 15:17, Mrk.7:19, Luk.15:16, Rom.16:18, 1Co.6:13, Php.3:19, Rev.10:9-10.
2(As often in LXX) the womb: Luk.1:41-42, 44 2:21 11:27 23:29, Jhn.3:4; ἐκ κ. μητρός (cf. Psa.22:11, Job.1:21, al.), Mat.19:12, Luk.1:15, Act.3:2 14:8, Gal.1:15.
3Metaphorical (as Heb. בֶּטֶן, cf. Job.15:35, Pro.20:27, Sir.19:12), of the heart: Jhn.7:38.
Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Nominative · Singular · Feminine Luke 11:27 · 1 Cor 6:13 · Phil 3:19 · Rev 10:10 4×
Nominative · Plural · Feminine Luke 23:29 1×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Matt 19:12 · Luke 1:15 · Luke 1:42 · John 7:38 · Acts 3:2 · Acts 14:8 · Gal 1:15 7×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Matt 12:40 · Luke 1:41 · Luke 1:44 · Luke 2:21 · Rom 16:18 · 1 Cor 6:13 6×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Matt 15:17 · Mark 7:19 · Luke 15:16 · John 3:4 · Rev 10:9 5×
23 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Biblical Occurrences

Each occurrence shows the passage reference, the original language term as it appears in that context, its transliteration, and the contextual sense.

Biblical Witnesses
Luke 15:11-32 belly koilía Accusative · Singular · Feminine
Physical hunger and deprivation, literal stomach needing food
Luke 1:41-42 womb koilía Genitive · Singular · Feminine
Unborn child in the womb, fetal development and conception
John 7:38 belly koilía Genitive · Singular · Feminine
Metaphorical reference to heart and inner being, spiritual depths
Proverbs 20:27 belly koilía
Inner person, conscience and moral center in wisdom literature
Appears In

Compound and idiomatic lexemes in which this word is a constituent. Follow a link to study the phrase and its other participating words.

ἐπιθυμέω · γεμίζω · κοιλία G1937, G1072, G2836
he desired to fill his belly/stomach
Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

Philippians 3 — Counting All Things Loss and Pressing On Toward Christ Romans 16 — Gospel Partnership, Holy Greeting, False-Teacher Warning, and Doxology to the God Who Establishes

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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