γαστήρ

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G1064

Transliteration: gastḗr

Pronunciation: gas-tare'

Definition: belly

- Original: γαστήρ

- Transliteration: Gaster

- Phonetic: gas-tare'

- Definition:

1. the belly

2. the womb

3. the stomach

a. a glutton, gormandiser, a man who is as it were all stomach

- Origin: of uncertain derivation

- TDNT entry: None

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine

- Strong's: Of uncertain derivation; the stomach; by analogy the matrix; figuratively a gourmand: - belly + with child womb.