Strong G1064γαστήρ
belly
- Transliteration
- gastēr
- Pronunciation
- gas-tare'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Of uncertain derivation; the stomach; by analogy the matrix; figuratively a gourmand: - belly + with child womb.
Detailed definition
γαστήρͅ, -τρός, ἡ,
[in LXX for בֶּטֶן, ἐν γ. ἔχειν for הרה, ἐν γ. λαμβάνειν for חרה;]
1. the belly: metaphorically, a glutton, Tit.1:12.
2. the womb: ἐν γ. ἔχειν, to be with child, Mat.1:18, 23" (LXX) 24:19, Mrk.13:17, Luk.21:23, 1Th.5:3, Rev.12:2; εν γ. συλλαμβ., to conceive, Luk.1:31.
† (AS)
[in LXX for בֶּטֶן, ἐν γ. ἔχειν for הרה, ἐν γ. λαμβάνειν for חרה;]
1. the belly: metaphorically, a glutton, Tit.1:12.
2. the womb: ἐν γ. ἔχειν, to be with child, Mat.1:18, 23" (LXX) 24:19, Mrk.13:17, Luk.21:23, 1Th.5:3, Rev.12:2; εν γ. συλλαμβ., to conceive, Luk.1:31.
† (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1064 appears in 9 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- child7
- belly1
- womb1
First verses
- Matthew 1:18Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.
- Matthew 1:23Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
- Matthew 24:19And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
- Mark 13:17But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
- Luke 1:31And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.
- Luke 21:23But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:3For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
- Titus 1:12One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.
- Revelation 12:2And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.
Occurrences by book
Detailed Greek dictionary
γαστήρ, ἡ,
genitive έρος, γαστρός: dative -έρι, γαστρί (the longer forms in Epic dialect, Lyric poetry, and once in Trag., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 220))]: dative plural γαστῆρσι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ νούσων” 4.54, γαστράσι 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 54.22)]:—paunch, belly, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.372, etc.)]; γ. ἀσπίδος the hollow of a shield, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Tyrtaeus Elegiacus 11.24)]; belly or wide part of a bottle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 190.)]
2 the belly, as craving food, κέλεται δέ ἑ γ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.133; βόσκειν ἣν γαστέρ᾽ 17.228)]; γαστέρι δ᾽ οὔ πως ἔστι νέκυν πενθῆσαι, i. e. by fasting, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.225; ἐν γαστρὸς ἀνάγκαις 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 726 (Lyric poetry))]; to express gluttony, γαστέρες οἶον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 26; γ. ἀργαί 6th c.BC: Epimenides Philosophus 1; ἐγκράτεια γαστρὸς καὶ ποτοῦ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.2.8, compare “Oec.” 9.11)]; γαστρὸς ἐγκρατής master of his belly, [Refs ([prev. author] “Mem.” 1.2.1; opposed to γαστρὸς ἥττων, [prev. work] 1.5.1)]; γαστρὶ δουλεύειν, χαρίζεσθαι, to be the slave of his belly, [Refs ([prev. work] 1.6.8, 2.1.2)]; γ. δελεάζεσθαι[Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 2.1.4; τῇ γ. μετρεῖν τὴν εὐδαιμονίαν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.296)]; τᾶς γαστρὸς φείδεσθαι, com. of one who has nothing to eat, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 21.41.)]
3 paunch stuffed with mincemeat, sausage, haggis, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.44, 118, 20.25, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 409.)]
II womb, ὅντινα γαστέρι μήτηρ.. φέροι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.58)]; ἐκ γαττρός from the womb, from infancy, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 305)]; ἐν γαστρὶ ἔχουσα big with child, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.32; ὗν ἔχουσαν ἐν γ. “PFlor.” 130.3 (3rd c.AD))]; ἐν γ. φέρουσα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 792e)]; ἐν γ. λαβεῖν conceive, [LXX+4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 632a28, “Anthologia Graeca” 11.18 (1st c.AD: Nicarchus Epigrammaticus), LXX.Gen.30.41, +others)]; συλλαμβάνειν variant [LXX+NT+5th c.BC+ (LXX.Gen.25.21, cf. NT.Luke.1.31; ἐς γ. βάλλεσθαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.28)]; κατὰ γαστρὸς ἔχειν Vett.[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (Val. 193.33; φέρειν “Geoponica” 16.1.3; also γυνὴ ἑπτὰ ἤδη γαστέρας δυστοκοῦσα 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 3.39. (Perh.for γραστήρ, compare γράω.))]
genitive έρος, γαστρός: dative -έρι, γαστρί (the longer forms in Epic dialect, Lyric poetry, and once in Trag., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 220))]: dative plural γαστῆρσι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ νούσων” 4.54, γαστράσι 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 54.22)]:—paunch, belly, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.372, etc.)]; γ. ἀσπίδος the hollow of a shield, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Tyrtaeus Elegiacus 11.24)]; belly or wide part of a bottle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 190.)]
2 the belly, as craving food, κέλεται δέ ἑ γ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.133; βόσκειν ἣν γαστέρ᾽ 17.228)]; γαστέρι δ᾽ οὔ πως ἔστι νέκυν πενθῆσαι, i. e. by fasting, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.225; ἐν γαστρὸς ἀνάγκαις 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 726 (Lyric poetry))]; to express gluttony, γαστέρες οἶον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 26; γ. ἀργαί 6th c.BC: Epimenides Philosophus 1; ἐγκράτεια γαστρὸς καὶ ποτοῦ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.2.8, compare “Oec.” 9.11)]; γαστρὸς ἐγκρατής master of his belly, [Refs ([prev. author] “Mem.” 1.2.1; opposed to γαστρὸς ἥττων, [prev. work] 1.5.1)]; γαστρὶ δουλεύειν, χαρίζεσθαι, to be the slave of his belly, [Refs ([prev. work] 1.6.8, 2.1.2)]; γ. δελεάζεσθαι[Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 2.1.4; τῇ γ. μετρεῖν τὴν εὐδαιμονίαν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.296)]; τᾶς γαστρὸς φείδεσθαι, com. of one who has nothing to eat, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 21.41.)]
3 paunch stuffed with mincemeat, sausage, haggis, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.44, 118, 20.25, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 409.)]
II womb, ὅντινα γαστέρι μήτηρ.. φέροι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.58)]; ἐκ γαττρός from the womb, from infancy, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 305)]; ἐν γαστρὶ ἔχουσα big with child, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.32; ὗν ἔχουσαν ἐν γ. “PFlor.” 130.3 (3rd c.AD))]; ἐν γ. φέρουσα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 792e)]; ἐν γ. λαβεῖν conceive, [LXX+4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 632a28, “Anthologia Graeca” 11.18 (1st c.AD: Nicarchus Epigrammaticus), LXX.Gen.30.41, +others)]; συλλαμβάνειν variant [LXX+NT+5th c.BC+ (LXX.Gen.25.21, cf. NT.Luke.1.31; ἐς γ. βάλλεσθαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.28)]; κατὰ γαστρὸς ἔχειν Vett.[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (Val. 193.33; φέρειν “Geoponica” 16.1.3; also γυνὴ ἑπτὰ ἤδη γαστέρας δυστοκοῦσα 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 3.39. (Perh.for γραστήρ, compare γράω.))]