Lexicon :: Strong's G2836 - koilia

κοιλία

Transliteration

koilia (Key)

Pronunciation

koy-lee'-ah

Part of Speech

feminine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

From koilos ("hollow")

Greek Inflections of κοιλία [?]

mGNT
22x in 5 unique form(s) TR
23x in 5 unique form(s) LXX
88x in 5 unique form(s)

κοιλία — 4x

κοιλίᾳ — 6x

κοιλίαι — 1x

κοιλίαν — 5x

κοιλίας — 7x

κοιλία — 4x

κοιλίᾳ — 6x

κοιλίαι — 1x

κοιλίαν — 4x

κοιλίας — 7x

κοιλία — 13x

κοιλίᾳ — 9x

κοιλίαι — 1x

κοιλίαν — 14x

κοιλίας — 51x

Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:786,446

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

κοιλία koilía, koy-lee'-ah; from κοῖλος koîlos ("hollow"); a cavity, i.e. (especially) the abdomen; by implication, the matrix; figuratively, the heart:—belly, womb.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x

The KJV translates Strong's G2836 in the following manner: womb (12x), belly (11x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x

The KJV translates Strong's G2836 in the following manner: womb (12x), belly (11x).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

the whole belly, the entire cavity
1. the upper [i.e. stomach] and the lower belly are distinguished
the lower belly, the lower region, the receptacle of the excrement
the gullet
1. to be given up to the pleasures of the palate, to gluttony
the womb, the place where the foetus is conceived and nourished until birth
1. of the uterus of animals
the innermost part of a man, the soul, heart as the seat of thought, feeling, choice

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

κοιλία koilía, koy-lee'-ah; from κοῖλος koîlos ("hollow"); a cavity, i.e. (especially) the abdomen; by implication, the matrix; figuratively, the heart:—belly, womb.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS G2836:

κοιλία, κοιλίας, ἡ (κοῖλος hollow); the Sept. for בֶּטֶן, the belly; מֵעִים` the bowels; קֶרֶן, the interior, the midst of a thing; רֶחֶם, the womb; the belly: and
1. the whole belly, the entire cavity; hence ἡ ἄνω and ἡ κάτω κοιλία, the upper (i. e. the stomach) and the lower belly are distinguished; very often so in Greek writings from Herodotus down.
2. the lower belly, the alvine region, the receptacle of the excrement (Plutarch, symp. 7, 1, 3 under the end εἴπερ εἰς κοιλίαν ἐχώρει διά στομαχου πᾶν τό πινόμενον): Matthew 15:17; Mark 7:19.
3. the gullet (Latinstomachus): Matthew 12:40; Luke 15:16 (WH Tr marginal reading χορτασθῆναι ἐκ etc.); 1 Corinthians 6:13; Revelation 10:9f; δουλεύειν τῇ κοιλία, to be given up to the pleasures of the palate, to gluttony (see δουλεύω, 2 b.), Romans 16:18; also for ὧν ὁ Θεός ἡ κοιλία, Philippians 3:19; κοιλίας ὄρεξις, Sir. 23:6.
4. the womb, the place where the foetus is conceived and nourished till birth: Luke 1:41f, 44; Luke 2:21; Luke 11:27; Luke 23:29; John 3:4 (very often so in the Sept.; very rarely in secular authors; Epictetus diss. 3, 22, 74; of the uterus of animals, ibid. 2, 16, 43); ἐκ (beginning from (see ἐκ, IV. 1)) κοιλίας μητρός, Matthew 19:12; Luke 1:15; Acts 3:2; Acts 14:8; Galatians 1:15, (for אֵם מִבֶּטֶן, Psalm 21:11 (Ps. 22:11); Psalms 70:6 (Ps. 71:6); Job 1:21; Isaiah 49:1; Judges 16:17 (the Vaticanus manuscript, ἀπό κοιλίας μητρός; cf. Winer's Grammar, 33 (32))).
5. in imitation of the Hebrew בֶּטֶן, tropically, the innermost part of a man, the soul, heart, as the seat of thought, feeling, choice (Job 15:35; Job 32:18 (the Sept. γαστήρ); Proverbs 18:8 (the Sept. ψυχή); Proverbs 20:27, 30; 26:22 (the Sept. σπλάγχνα); Habakkuk 3:16; Sir. 19:12 Sir. 51:21): John 7:38.

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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Judges: 16:17
Job: 1:21; 15:35; 32:18
Psalms: 21:11; 22:11; 71:6
Proverbs: 18:8; 20:27; 20:30; 26:22
Isaiah: 49:1
Habakkuk: 3:16
Matthew: 12:40; 15:17; 19:12
Mark: 7:19
Luke: 1:15; 1:41; 1:44; 2:21; 11:27; 15:16; 23:29
John: 3:4; 7:38
Acts: 3:2; 14:8
Romans: 16:18
1 Corinthians: 6:13
Galatians: 1:15
Philippians: 3:19
Revelation: 10:9

Concordance Results Shown Using the KJV

Strong's Number G2836 matches the Greek κοιλία (koilia),
which occurs 23 times in 22 verses in the TR Greek.

View OT results in the LXX Greek concordance

View NT results in the MGNT Greek concordance

Mat 12:40

Mat 12:40 - For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly;^G2836 so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Mat 15:17

Mat 15:17 - Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly,^G2836 and is cast out into the draught?

Mat 19:12

Mat 19:12 - For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother's womb:^G2836 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.

Mar 7:19

Mar 7:19 - Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly,^G2836 and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?

Luk 1:15

Luk 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.^G2836

Luk 1:41

Luk 1:41 - And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb;^G2836 and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost:

Luk 1:42

Luk 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.^G2836

Luk 1:44

Luk 1:44 - For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb^G2836 for joy.

Luk 2:21

Luk 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.^G2836

Luk 11:27

Luk 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^G2836 that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked.

Luk 15:16

Luk 15:16 - And he would fain have filled his belly^G2836 with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.

Luk 23:29

Luk 23:29 - For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs^G2836 that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.

Jhn 3:4

Jhn 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,^G2836 and be born?

Jhn 7:38

Jhn 7:38 - He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly^G2836 shall flow rivers of living water.

Act 3:2

Act 3:2 - And a certain man lame from his mother's womb^G2836 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;

Act 14:8

Act 14:8 - And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother's womb,^G2836 who never had walked:

Rom 16:18

Rom 16:18 - For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly;^G2836 and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.

1Co 6:13

1Co 6:13 - Meats for the belly,^G2836 and the belly^G2836 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.

Gal 1:15

Gal 1:15 - But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb,^G2836 and called me by his grace,

Phl 3:19

Phl 3:19 - Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly,^G2836 and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)

Rev 10:9

Rev 10:9 - And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly^G2836 bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.

Rev 10:10

Rev 10:10 - And I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly^G2836 was bitter.