Strong G2836κοιλία

belly/womb/stomach

Transliteration: koilia
Pronunciation: koy-lee'-ah
Morphology: Greek Noun (Feminine)

Definition

From κοῖλος koilos (hollow); a cavity that is (specifically) the abdomen; by implication the matrix; figuratively the heart: - belly womb.

Detailed definition

κοιλία, -ας, ἡ
(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;]
1. the 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.

3. Metaphorical (as Heb. בֶּטֶן, cf. Job.15:35, Pro.20:27, Sir.19:12), of the heart: Jhn.7:38.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G2836 appears in 22 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

womb12
belly10
of1

First verses

Matthew 12:40
For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
Matthew 15:17
Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?
Matthew 19:12
For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother’s womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven’s sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.
Mark 7:19
Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?
Luke 1:15
For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother’s womb.
Luke 1:41
And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost:
Luke 1:42
And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.
Luke 1:44
For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.
Luke 2:21
And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
Luke 11:27
And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked.
Luke 15:16
And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.
Luke 23:29
For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.
John 3:4
Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?
John 7:38
He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
Acts 3:2
And a certain man lame from his mother’s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple;
Acts 14:8
And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother’s womb, who never had walked:
Romans 16:18
For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.
1 Corinthians 6:13
Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.
Galatians 1:15
But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace,
Philippians 3:19
Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)

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Detailed Greek dictionary

κοιλί-α,
Ionic dialect κοιλί-η, ἡ, (κοῖλος) cavity of the body, i.e. thorax with abdomen, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 46 (including ἡ ἄνω κ.)], = thorax, ἡ κάτω, = abdomen, accusative to [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.896))]; τὰ κατὰ κ. νουσήματα diseases of the thoracic cavity, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ παθῶν” 6.)]
2 belly, abdomen, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.87, “IG” 42(1).122.32 (Epid.), etc.: specified as ἡ κάτω κ. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 485, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἑλκῶν” 3, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 73a, 85e, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Somno et Vigilia” 456a3, “PA” 650a13, etc.)]; opposed to ἡ ἄνω κ., stomach, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 85e, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “PA”)][same place]; κ. alone frequently = stomach, [Refs ([prev. author] “HA” 489a2, etc.)]; of birds, [Refs ([prev. author] “PA” 674b22)]; also, paunch or rumen of animals, [NT ([prev. author] “HA” 507b5: hence, of gluttons, δουλεύειν τῇ ἑαυτῶν κ. NT.Rom.16.18, cf. NT.Phil.3.19.)]
3 intestines, κ. κείνη [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.40, compare 86, 92)], etc.; of animals, κ. ὑεία pig's tripe, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 356; κοιλίας ἥμισυ “SIG” 1025.51 (Cos, 4th-3rd c.BC))]: plural, tripe and puddings, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 160, “Pl.” 1169.)]
3.b phrases, κ. σκληρὰν ἔχειν to be costive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Theopompus Comicus 62.2; κατὰ κοιλίαν νοσεῖν “Comica Adespota” 730)]; τὴν κ. λύειν to relax the bowels, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 863b29, 864b14)]; αἱ κ. λύονται, ἀναλύονται,[Refs ([prev. work] 947b13, “GA” 728a15)]; εὔλυτοί [εἰσι] [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Pr.” 876b31; ἐὰν ἡ κ. στῇ [prev. author] “HA” 588a7; κ. καταρραγεῖσα 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Κωακαὶ προγνώσιες” 126)]; [οἶνος] κοιλίας μαλακτικός, κοιλίας ἐφεκτικά, Mnesith. cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 1.33b, 2.59c)]; κ. ἐκλύειν, ὑπάγειν, μαλάσσειν, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 2.72, 163, 171; κ. ῥέουσαι 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 5.41.)]
4 excrement, especiallyin plural, κ. συνεστηκυῖαι excrements of firm consistency, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 10; opposed to κ. ἐφυγραινόμεναι [prev. author] “Epid.” 1.10; κ. ὑγρή [prev. author] “Prorrh.” 1.38; στερεή, σκληρή, [prev. author] “Acut.(Sp.”) 56, “Epid.” 4.23; οὔρησις καὶ κ. ἀχρόως [prev. passage])]
II any cavity in the body, ventricle, chamber, as in the lungs, heart, liver, brain, κ. αἱ τὸ πνεῦμα δεχόμεναι καὶ προπέμπουσαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Art.” 41; ἡ δὲ καρδία ἔχει μὲν τρεῖς κ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 496a4, compare 513a27.)]
II.2 socket of a bone, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 61.)]
II.3 supposed cavities inside the muscles, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Erasistratus Medicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 4.375, 707, 2nd c.AD: Antyllus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 8.6.30, 7.9.4)]; compare νηδύς.
II.4 womb, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 1.38, +others, NT.John.3.4.)]
III any hollow or cavity, in the earth, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 349b4, 350b23, +others)]; in the clouds,[Refs ([prev. work] 369b2, +others)]
IV perhaps finger-tip, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “περὶ αἰτιῶν καὶ σημείων χρονίων παθῶν” 1.8 (_plural_).)]