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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: κοιλία

(Strong's #2836 — Noun Feminine — koilia — koy-lee'-ah )

from koilos, "hollow" (Lat., coelum, "heaven," is connected), denotes the entire physical cavity, but most frequently was used to denote "the womb." In John 7:38 it stands metaphorically for the innermost part of man, the soul, the heart. See WOMB.

2: γαστήρ

(Strong's #1064 — Noun Feminine — gaster — gas-tare' )

(cp. Eng., "gastritis"), is used much as No. 1, but in Titus 1:12 , by synecdoche (a figure of speech in which the part is put for the whole, or vice versa), it is used to denote "gluttons," RV, for AV, "bellies." See GLUTTON , WOMB.

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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Belly'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​b/belly.html. 1940.
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