Genesis 3:14
And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
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Belly
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Revelation 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 was bitter.
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Genesis
11 verses
Leviticus
11 verses
Numbers
44 verses
Judges
22 verses
1 Kings
11 verses
Job
88 verses
Psalms
44 verses
Proverbs
66 verses
Song of Solomon
22 verses
Isaiah
11 verses
Jeremiah
22 verses
Ezekiel
11 verses
Daniel
11 verses
Jonah
33 verses
Habakkuk
11 verses
Matthew
22 verses
Mark
11 verses
Luke
11 verses
John
11 verses
Romans
11 verses
1 Corinthians
21 verses
Philippians
11 verses
Revelation
22 verses
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בֶּטֶן
beṭen · beh'-ten
30 times translated as this KJV form72 total Strong's occurrences
the belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anything
Strong's KJV usage: belly, body, as they be born, within, womb.
Strong's first: Numbers 5:21Strong's last: Habakkuk 3:16
Open full H990 profile →κοιλία
koilía · koy-lee'-ah
10 times translated as this KJV form24 total Strong's occurrences
a cavity, i.e. (especially) the abdomen; by implication, the matrix; figuratively, the heart
Strong's KJV usage: :--belly, womb.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 12:40Strong's last: Revelation 10:10
Open full G2836 profile →מֵעֶה
mêʻeh · may-aw'
3 times translated as this KJV form32 total Strong's occurrences
used only in plural the intestines, or (collectively) the abdomen, figuratively, sympathy; by implication, a vest; by extension the stomach, the uterus (or of men, the seat of generation), the heart (figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: belly, bowels, × heart, womb.
Strong's first: Song of Solomon 5:14Strong's last: Jonah 2:1
Open full H4578 profile →גָּחוֹן
gâchôwn · gaw-khone'
2 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
the external abdomen, belly (as the source of the faetus)
Strong's KJV usage: belly.
Strong's first: Genesis 3:14Strong's last: Leviticus 11:42
Open full H1512 profile →כְּרֵשׂ
kᵉrês · ker-ace'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
the paunch or belly (as swelling out)
Strong's KJV usage: belly.
Strong's first: Jeremiah 51:34Strong's last: Jeremiah 51:34
Open full H3770 profile →מְעָה
mᵉʻâh · meh-aw'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
only in plural the bowels
Strong's KJV usage: belly.
Strong's first: Daniel 2:32Strong's last: Daniel 2:32
Open full H4577 profile →קֹבָה
qôbâh · ko'-baw
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
the abdomen (as a cavity)
Strong's KJV usage: belly.
Strong's first: Numbers 25:8Strong's last: Numbers 25:8
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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 bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.
G2836
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 was bitter.
English meaning and historical usage.
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belly
BEL'LY, noun
1. That part of the human body which extends from the breast to the thighs, containing the bowels. It is called also the abdomen or lower belly to distinguish it from the head and breast, which are sometimes called bellies, from their cavity.
2. The part of a beast, corresponding to the human belly
3. The womb. Jeremiah 1:5.
4. The receptacle of food; that which requires food, in opposition to the back.
Whose god is their belly Philippians 3:19.
5. The part of any thing which resembles the human belly in protuberance or cavity, as of a harp or a bottle.
6. Any hollow inclosed place; as the belly of hell, in Jonah.
7. In scripture, belly is used for the heart. Proverbs 18:8. 20.30.John 7:38. Carnal lusts, sensual pleasure. Romans 16:18. Philippians 3:19:19. The whole man. Titus 1:12.
BEL'LY, verb transitive To fill; to swell out.
BEL'LY, verb intransitive To swell and become protuberant, like the belly; as bellying goblets; bellying canvas.
1. To strut.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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