Quick Definition
belly
Strong's Definition
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)
Derivation: from an unused root probably meaning to be soft;
KJV Usage: belly, bowels, [idiom] heart, womb.
TWOT Reference: 1227a
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) internal organs, inward parts, bowels, intestines, belly
1a) inward parts
1b) digestive organs
1c) organs of procreation, womb
1d) place of emotions or distress or love (fig.)
1e) external belly
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
1) internal organs, inward parts, bowels, intestines, belly
1a) inward parts
1b) digestive organs
1c) organs of procreation, womb
1d) place of emotions or distress or love (fig.)
1e) external belly
Aramaic equivalent: me.ah (מְעָא "belly" H4577)
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
מֵעֶה
mê‛eh
BDB Definition:
1) internal organs, inward parts, bowels, intestines, belly
1a) inward parts
1b) digestive organs
1c) organs of procreation, womb
1d) place of emotions or distress or love (figuratively)
1e) external belly
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from an unused root probably meaning to be soft
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1227a
Total KJV Occurrences: 32