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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary

Strong's #2836 - κοιλία

Transliteration

koilía

Phonetics

koy-lee'-ah

Origin

from koilos ("hollow")

Parts of Speech

Noun Feminine

TDNT

3:786,446

Definition

Thayer's

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

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 990 ‑ בֶּטֶן (beh'‑ten); 1121 ‑ בֵּן (bane); 1406 ‑ גָּג (gawg); 1512 ‑ גָּחוֹן (gaw‑khone'); 3770 ‑ כָּרֵשׂ (ker‑ace'); 4578 ‑ מֵעֶה (may‑aw'); 7130 ‑ קֶרֶב (keh'‑reb); 7358 ‑ רֶחֶם (rekh'‑em);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

KJV (23)

Matthew

Mark

Luke

John

Acts

Romans

1 Corinthians

Galatians

Philippians

Revelation

NAS (24)

Matthew

Mark

Luke

John

Acts

Romans

1 Corinthians

Galatians

Philippians

Revelation

HCS (20)

Matthew

Mark

Luke

John

Acts

Romans

1 Corinthians

Galatians

Philippians

Revelation

BSB (23)

Matthew

Mark

Luke

John

Acts

Romans

1 Corinthians

Galatians

Philippians

Revelation

ESV (18)

Matthew

Mark

Luke

John

Romans

1 Corinthians

Philippians

Revelation

WEB (22)

Matthew

Mark

Luke

John

Acts

Romans

1 Corinthians

Galatians

Philippians

Revelation

Verse Results

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

κοιλί-α,

Ion. κοιλί-η, ἡ, (κοῖλος)

1. cavity of the body, i.e. thorax with abdomen, Hp. Art. 46 (including ἡ ἄνω κ., = thorax, ἡ κάτω, = abdomen, acc. to Gal. 15.896); τὰ κατὰ κ. νουσήματα diseases of the thoracic cavity, Hp. Aff. 6.

2. belly, abdomen, Hdt. 2.87, IG 42(1).122.32 (Epid.), etc.: specified as ἡ κάτω κ. Ar. Ra. 485, Hp. Ulc. 3, Pl. Ti. 73a, 85e, Arist. Somn.Vig. 456a3, PA 650a13, etc.; opp. ἡ ἄνω κ., stomach, Pl. Ti. 85e, Arist. PA l.c.; κ. alone freq. = stomach, Id. HA 489a2, etc.; of birds, Id. PA 674b22; also, paunch or rumen of animals, Id. HA 507b5: hence, of gluttons, δουλεύειν τῇ ἑαυτῶν κ. Romans 16:18, cf. Philippians 3:19.

3. intestines, κ. κείνη Hdt. 2.40, cf. 86, 92, etc.; of animals, κ. ὑεία pig's tripe, Ar. Eq. 356; κοιλίας ἥμισυ SIG 1025.51 (Cos, iv/iii B.C.): pl., tripe and puddings, Ar. Eq. 160, Pl. 1169. phrases, κ. σκληρὰν ἔχειν to be costive, Theopomp.Com. 62.2; κατὰ κοιλίαν νοσεῖν Com.Adesp. 730; τὴν κ. λύειν to relax the bowels, Arist. Pr. 863b29, 864b14; αἱ κ. λύονται, ἀναλύονται, ib. 947b13, GA 728a15; εὔλυτοί [εἰσι ] Id. Pr. 876b31; ἐὰν ἡ κ. στῇ Id. HA 588a7; κ. καταρραγεῖσα Hp. Coac. 126; [ οἶνος] κοιλίας μαλακτικός, κοιλίας ἐφεκτικά, Mnesith. ap. Ath. 1.33b, 2.59c; κ. ἐκλύειν, ὑπάγειν, μαλάσσειν, Dsc. 2.72, 163, 171; κ. ῥέουσαι D.S. 5.41.

4. excrement, esp.in pl., κ. συνεστηκυῖαι excrements of firm consistency, Hp. Aër. 10; opp. κ. ἐφυγραινόμεναι Id. Epid. 1.10; κ. ὑγρή Id. Prorrh. 1.38; στερεή, σκληρή, Id. Acut.(Sp.) 56, Epid. 4.23; οὔρησις καὶ κ. ἀχρόως ibid.

1. any cavity in the body, ventricle, chamber, as in the lungs, heart, liver, brain, κ. αἱ τὸ πνεῦμα δεχόμεναι καὶ προπέμπουσαι Id. Art. 41; ἡ δὲ καρδία ἔχει μὲν τρεῖς κ. Arist. HA 496a4, cf. 513a27.

2. socket of a bone, Hp. Art. 61.

3. supposed cavities inside the muscles, Erasistr. ap. Gal. 4.375, 707, Antyll. ap. Orib. 8.6.30, 7.9.4; cf. νηδύς.

4. womb, Hp. Mul. 1.38, al., John 3:4.

III any hollow or cavity, in the earth, Arist. Mete. 349b4, 350b23, al.; in the clouds, ib. 369b2, al. perh.finger- tip, Aret. SD 1.8 (pl.).

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

κοιλία , -ας , ἡ

(< κοῖλος , hollow),

[in LXX chiefly for H990, H4578, H7130, Deuteronomy 7:13, 2 Samuel 7:12, Genesis 41:21, al.; also (Job 3:11; Job 10:18; Job 31:15; Job 38:8) for H7358;]

1. the belly (stomach or intestines or both): Matthew 12:40; Matthew 15:17, Mark 7:19, Luke 15:16, Romans 16:18, 1 Corinthians 6:13, Philippians 3:19, Revelation 10:9-10.

2. (As often in LXX) the womb: Luke 1:41-42; Luke 1:44; Luke 2:21; Luke 11:27; Luke 23:29, John 3:4; ἐκ κ . μητρός (cf. Psalms 22:11, Job 1:21, al.), Matthew 19:12, Luke 1:15, Acts 3:2; Acts 14:8, Galatians 1:15.

3. Metaph. (as Heb. H990, cf. Job 15:35, Proverbs 20:27, Sirach 19:12), of the heart: John 7:38.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

For κοιλία (MGr κοιλιά) ";belly,"; ";abdomen,"; it is sufficient to cite P Magd 33.4 (B.C. 221) κατέκαυσεν τήν τε κοιλίαν καὶ τὸν ἀριστερὸν μηρόν, P Leid Uii. 16 (ii/B.C.) (= I. p. 124) πεσόντα ἐπὶ κοιλίαν, P Par 18 bis.18 (Rom.) ἐπιγεγραμμένον ἐπὶ τῆς κοιλίας τὸ ὄνομα αὐτῆς —of a dead body, P Ryl II. 63.8 (astrological—iii/A.D.) Λέοντος κοιλία, and from the inscrr. Syll803.38 (iii/B.C.) ἀνὴρ ἐ [ντὸ ]ς τᾶς κοιλίας ἕλκος ἔχων. For the usage in Philippians 3:19 it is customary to quote Eupolis Κόλακ. Fr. 172 (Kock I.) κοιλιοδαίμων, ";a devotee of the belly,"; and for the deeper, inner sense, which the word has in John 7:38, see the passages from the LXX cited in Grimm-Thayer. An interesting ex. of κοίλωμα = ";hollow,"; as in the LXX, occurs in P Petr II. 13 (18a).13 (B.C. 258–3) where preparations are made—ι ̣̓́ν ̣α ̣ ἀναχωσθῆι καὶ ὁμαλισθῇ τὰ κοιλώμα [τα ] πρὸ [τοῦ ] τὸν βασιλέα παραγενέσθαι, ";that the excavation may be filled up and levelled before the king arrives"; ( Ed. ) : cf. Luke 3:5.

List of Word Forms

εκοιλοστάθμησε κοίλα κοίλη κοιλια κοιλία κοιλίᾳ κοιλιαι κοιλίαι κοιλιαν κοιλίαν κοιλιας κοιλίας κοίλιας κοίλον κοιλοστάθμοις κοιλώματι κοιλώματος κοιλωμάτων koilia koilía koiliai koilíai koilíāi koilian koilían koilias koilías

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