Strong's Definition
from an unused root probably meaning to be hollow; the belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anything
KJV Usage: belly, body, + as they be born, + within, womb
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
בֶּ֫טֶן (be.ten) — belly: abdomen. : abdomen 1) belly, womb, body 1a) belly, abdomen 1a1) as seat of hunger 1a2) as seat of mental faculties 1a3) of depth of Sheol (fig.) 1b) womb
בֶּ֫טֶן (be.ten) — belly: womb. : womb/pregnancy 1) belly, womb, body 1a) belly, abdomen 1a1) as seat of hunger 1a2) as seat of mental faculties 1a3) of depth of Sheol (fig.) 1b) womb
בֶּ֫טֶן (be.ten) — belly: hump. : hump 1) belly, womb, body 1a) belly, abdomen 1a1) as seat of hunger 1a2) as seat of mental faculties 1a3) of depth of Sheol (fig.) 1b) womb
בֶּ֫טֶן (be.ten) — belly: body. : body 1) belly, womb, body 1a) belly, abdomen 1a1) as seat of hunger 1a2) as seat of mental faculties 1a3) of depth of Sheol (fig.) 1b) womb
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f
| ≈ יָרֵךְ · מֵעֶה · רֶחֶם
belly, womb, stomach, inmost parts = front part of the human trunk below the ribs, containing the stomach, bowels, and reproductive organs; ≈ associated with birth, food, speech, and the innermost part of objects
GEN 25:23 · GEN 25:24 · GEN 30:2 · GEN 38:27 · NUM 5:21 · NUM 5:22 · NUM 5:27 · DEU 7:13 · DEU 28:4 · DEU 28:11 · DEU 28:18 · DEU 28:53 · DEU 30:9 · JDG 3:21 · JDG 3:22 · JDG 13:5 · JDG 13:7 · JDG 16:17 · JOB 1:21 · JOB 3:10 · JOB 3:11 · JOB 10:19 · JOB 15:2 · JOB 15:35 · JOB 19:17 · JOB 20:15 · JOB 20:20 · JOB 20:23 · JOB 31:15 · JOB 31:18 · JOB 32:18 · JOB 32:19 · JOB 38:29 · JOB 40:16 · PSA 17:14 · PSA 22:10 · PSA 22:11 · PSA 58:4 · PSA 71:6 · PSA 127:3 · PSA 132:11 · PSA 139:13 · PRO 13:25 · PRO 18:8 · PRO 18:20 · PRO 20:27 · PRO 20:30 · PRO 22:18 · PRO 26:22 · PRO 31:2 · ECC 5:14 · ECC 11:5 · SNG 7:3 · ISA 13:18 · ISA 44:2 · ISA 44:24 · ISA 46:3 · ISA 48:8 · ISA 49:1 · ISA 49:5 · ISA 49:15 · JER 1:5 · EZK 3:3 · HOS 9:11 · HOS 9:16 · HOS 12:4 · JON 2:3 · MIC 6:7
People | ≈ נֶפֶשׁ · עֶצֶם
body = entire human body ◄ as a metonymic extension of the belly
name
1 PSA 17:14 It is unclear whether this is a reference to actual food or a more generic reference to things that someone desired to have. 2 JOB 19:17 RSV "sons of my own mother" NJPS "my children" ESV "children of my own mother" | NIV NJB GNT "my own brothers" | REB CEV "my (own) family"
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
בֶּ֫טֶן n.f. belly, body, womb base
