bel'-i: gachon = "the external abdomen" (Ge 3:14;Le 11:42). qobhah = "the abdominal cavity" (Nu 25:8the American Standard Revised Version "body"). beTen = "the internal abdomen," "the womb" (1Ki 7:20;Job 15:2,35the King James Version;Job 20:15,23;40:16;Ps 17,14;Pr 13:25;18:20;Jer 1:5;Eze 3:3); also figuratively "the internal regions," "the body of anything" (Jon 2:2). me`eh = "intestines," "abdomen" (Da 2:32;Jon 1:17;2:1,2). In the New Testament koilia = "a cavity," espec ially the abdominal (Mt 12:40;15:17;Mr 7:19); the seat of appetite and of the carnal affections (Ro 16:18;1Co 6:13;Php 3:19;Re 10:9,10); the innermost of the soul (the American Revised Version, marginJoh 7:38).
Frank E. Hirsch