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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - בֶּטֶן

בֶּטֶן

H990

Transliteration: beṭen

Pronunciation: beh'-ten

Definition: belly


Original: בּטן

Transliteration: beṭen

Phonetic: beh'-ten

BDB Definition:

  1. belly, womb, body
    1. belly, abdomen
      1. as seat of hunger
      2. as seat of mental faculties
      3. of depth of Sheol (figuratively)
    2. womb

Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be hollow

TWOT entry: 236a

Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine


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