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Strong's G2836 · Greek

κοιλία

koilia · koy-lee'-ah

from koilos ("hollow"); a cavity, i.e. (especially) the abdomen; by implication, the matrix; figuratively, the heart


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

κοιλία (G2836)

22 κοιλία , -ας, ἡ ( κοῖλος , hollow ), [in LXX chiefly for בֶּטֶן , מֵעִים , קֶרֶב , De 7:13 , II Ki 7:12 , Ge 41:21 , al.; also ( Jb 3:11 10:18 31:15 38:8 ) for רֶחֶם ;] the belly (stomach or intestines or both): Mt 12:40 15:17 , Mk 7:19 , Lk 15:16 , Ro 16:18 , I Co 6:13 , Phl 3:19 , Re 10:9 , 10 . (As often in LXX) the womb : Lk 1:41 , 42 , 44 2:21 11:27 23:29 , Jo 3:4 ; ἐκ κ. μητρός (cf. Ps 21 (22):11 , Jb 1:21 , al.), Mt 19:12 , Lk 1:15 , Ac 3:2 14:8 , Ga 1:15 . Metaph. (as Heb. בֶּטֶן , cf. Jb 15:35 , Pr 20:27 , Si 19:12 ), of the heart : Jo 7:38 .†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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