Word Study · Strong's H990 · Hebrew
בֶּטֶן
beten
beh'-ten
Strong's 1890 spelling: beṭen
“the belly, especially the womb”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
the belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anything
Rendered in the KJV as
belly, body, [phrase] as they be born, [phrase] within, womb.
- 72occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 17 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 56inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 72 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 56
- בָֽטֶן׃5
- מִבֶּ֣טֶן5
- מִבֶּ֖טֶן3
- בְּבֶ֣טֶן2
- בְּבִטְנָֽהּ׃2
- בִטְנְךָ֛2
- וּמִבֶּ֖טֶן2
- מִ֝בֶּ֗טֶן2
- מִבָּ֑טֶן2
- בַ֭בֶּטֶן1
- בַבֶּ֙טֶן֙1
- בַּבֶּ֖טֶן1
and 44 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 33
- from [the] womb7
- womb your6
- [the] belly5
- belly my4
- belly your4
- from [the] womb of4
- belly his3
- from [the] belly3
- the womb3
- womb my3
- [the] womb2
- [were] in womb her2
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 21
- preposition + noun · feminine singular10
- noun · feminine singular8
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular8
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)8
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular7
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular4
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular4
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular4
- preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular3
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular2
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular2
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural2
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HR/Ncfsa · 10
- HNcfsa · 8
- HNcfsc/Sp2ms · 8
- HR/Ncfsc · 8
- HNcfsc/Sp1bs · 7
- HNcfsc/Sp3ms · 4
- HR/Ncfsc/Sp3ms · 4
- HTd/Ncfsa · 4
- HRd/Ncfsa · 3
- HNcfsc/Sp2fs · 2
- HNcfsc/Sp3fs · 2
- HNcfsc/Sp3mp · 2
All 72, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Job16 of 72 · 22%
- Psalms10 of 72 · 14%
- Proverbs8 of 72 · 11%
- Isaiah8 of 72 · 11%
- Deuteronomy6 of 72 · 8%
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Genesis4 occurrences
- Genesis 25:23בְּבִטְנֵ֔ךְbevitnekhpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singularand He declared to her: “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.”here: [are] in womb your
- Genesis 25:24בְּבִטְנָֽהּ׃bevitnahpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularWhen her time came to give birth, there were indeed twins in her womb.here: [were] in womb her
- Genesis 30:2בָֽטֶן׃vatennoun · feminine singularJacob became angry with Rachel and said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld children from you?”here: [the] womb
- Genesis 38:27בְּבִטְנָֽהּ׃bevitnahpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularWhen the time came for Tamar to give birth, there were twins in her womb.here: [were] in womb her
Numbers3 occurrences
- Numbers 5:21בִּטְנֵ֖ךְbitnekhnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singularand the priest shall have the woman swear under the oath of the curse—‘then may the LORD make you an attested curse among your people by making your thigh shrivel and your belly swell.here: belly your
- Numbers 5:22בֶּ֖טֶןbetennoun · feminine singularMay this water that brings a curse enter your stomach and cause your belly to swell and your thigh to shrivel.’ Then the woman is to say, ‘Amen, Amen.’here: a belly
- Numbers 5:27בִטְנָ֔הּvitnahnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularWhen he has made her drink the water, if she has defiled herself and been unfaithful to her husband, then the water that brings a curse will enter her and cause bitter suffering; her belly will swell, her thigh will shrivel, and she will become accursed among her people.here: belly her
Deuteronomy6 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 7:13בִטְנְךָ֣vitnekhanoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularHe will love you and bless you and multiply you. He will bless the fruit of your womb and the produce of your land—your grain, new wine, and oil, the young of your herds and the lambs of your flocks—in the land that He swore to your fathers to give you.here: womb your
- Deuteronomy 28:4בִטְנְךָ֛vitnekhanoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularThe fruit of your womb will be blessed, as well as the produce of your land and the offspring of your livestock— the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.here: womb your
- Deuteronomy 28:11בִטְנְךָ֛vitnekhanoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularThe LORD will make you prosper abundantly—in the fruit of your womb, the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your land—in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give you.here: womb your
- Deuteronomy 28:18בִטְנְךָ֖vitnekhanoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularThe fruit of your womb will be cursed, as well as the produce of your land, the calves of your herds, and the lambs of your flocks.here: womb your
- Deuteronomy 28:53בִטְנְךָ֗vitnekhanoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularThen you will eat the fruit of your womb, the flesh of the sons and daughters whom the LORD your God has given you, in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you.here: womb your
- Deuteronomy 30:9בִטְנְךָ֜vitnekhanoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularSo the LORD your God will make you abound in all the work of your hands and in the fruit of your womb, the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your land. Indeed, the LORD will again delight in your goodness, as He delighted in that of your fathers,here: womb your
Judges5 occurrences
- Judges 3:21בְּבִטְנֽוֹ׃bevitnopreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularAnd Ehud reached with his left hand, pulled the sword from his right thigh, and plunged it into Eglon’s belly.here: in belly his
- Judges 3:22מִבִּטְנ֑וֹmibitnopreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularEven the handle sank in after the blade, and Eglon’s fat closed in over it, so that Ehud did not withdraw the sword from his belly. And Eglon’s bowels emptied.here: from belly his
- Judges 13:5הַבָּ֑טֶןhabatenthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularFor behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son. And no razor shall come over his head, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb, and he will begin the deliverance of Israel from the hand of the Philistines.”here: the womb
- Judges 13:7הַבֶּ֖טֶןhabetenthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularBut he said to me, ‘Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son. Now, therefore, do not drink wine or strong drink, and do not eat anything unclean, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb until the day of his death.’”here: the womb
- Judges 16:17מִבֶּ֣טֶןmibetenpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)Samson told her all that was in his heart: “My hair has never been cut, because I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I am shaved, my strength will leave me, and I will become as weak as any other man.”here: from [the] womb of
Job16 occurrences
- Job 1:21מִבֶּ֣טֶןmibetenpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)saying: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD.”here: from [the] womb of
- Job 3:10בִטְנִ֑יvitninoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularFor that night did not shut the doors of the womb to hide the sorrow from my eyes.here: womb my
- Job 3:11מִבֶּ֖טֶןmibetenpreposition + noun · feminine singularWhy did I not perish at birth; why did I not die as I came from the womb?here: from [the] belly
- Job 10:19מִ֝בֶּ֗טֶןmibetenpreposition + noun · feminine singularIf only I had never come to be, but had been carried from the womb to the grave.here: from [the] womb
- Job 15:2בִּטְנֽוֹ׃bitnonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular“Does a wise man answer with empty counsel or fill his belly with the hot east wind?here: belly his
- Job 15:35וּ֝בִטְנָ֗םuvitnamconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralThey conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb is pregnant with deceit.”here: and belly their
- Job 19:17בִטְנִֽי׃vitninoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularMy breath is repulsive to my wife, and I am loathsome to my own family.here: womb my
- Job 20:15מִ֝בִּטְנ֗וֹmibitnopreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularHe swallows wealth but vomits it out; God will force it from his stomach.here: from belly his
- Job 20:20בְּבִטְנ֑וֹbevitnopreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularBecause his appetite is never satisfied, he cannot escape with his treasure.here: in belly his
- Job 20:23בִטְנ֗וֹvitnonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularWhen he has filled his stomach, God will vent His fury upon him, raining it down on him as he eats.here: belly his
- Job 31:15בַ֭בֶּטֶןvabetenpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singularDid not He who made me in the womb also make them? Did not the same One form us in the womb?here: in the belly
- Job 31:18וּמִבֶּ֖טֶןumibetenconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)though from my youth I reared him as would a father, and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow—here: and from [the] womb of
- Job 32:18בִּטְנִֽי׃bitninoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularFor I am full of words, and my spirit within me compels me.here: belly my
- Job 32:19בִטְנִ֗יvitninoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularBehold, my belly is like unvented wine; it is about to burst like a new wineskin.here: belly my
- Job 38:29מִבֶּ֣טֶןmibetenpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)From whose womb does the ice emerge? Who gives birth to the frost from heaven,here: from [the] womb of
- Job 40:16בִטְנֽוֹ׃vitnonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularSee the strength of his loins and the power in the muscles of his belly.here: belly its
Psalms10 occurrences
- Psalms 17:14בִ֫טְנָ֥םvitnamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralfrom such men, O LORD, by Your hand— from men of the world whose portion is in this life. May You fill the bellies of Your treasured ones and satisfy their sons, so they leave their abundance to their children.here: belly their
- Psalms 22:9מִבָּ֑טֶןmibatenpreposition + noun · feminine singularYet You brought me forth from the womb; You made me secure at my mother’s breast.here: from [the] belly
- Psalms 22:10מִבֶּ֥טֶןmibetenpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)From birth I was cast upon You; from my mother’s womb You have been my God.here: from [the] belly of
- Psalms 31:9וּבִטְנִֽי׃uvitniconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularBe merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes fail from sorrow, my soul and body as well.here: and belly my
- Psalms 44:25בִּטְנֵֽנוּ׃bitnenunoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluralFor our soul has sunk to the dust; our bodies cling to the earth.here: belly our
- Psalms 58:3מִ֝בֶּ֗טֶןmibetenpreposition + noun · feminine singularThe wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth.here: from [the] belly
- Psalms 71:6מִבֶּ֗טֶןmibetenpreposition + noun · feminine singularI have leaned on You since birth; You pulled me from my mother’s womb. My praise is always for You.here: from [the] womb
- Psalms 127:3הַבָּֽטֶן׃habatenthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularChildren are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.here: the womb
- Psalms 132:11בִטְנְךָ֑vitnekhanoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularThe LORD swore an oath to David, a promise He will not revoke: “One of your descendants I will place on your throne.here: belly your
- Psalms 139:13בְּבֶ֣טֶןbevetenpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)For You formed my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb.here: in [the] womb of
Proverbs8 occurrences
- Proverbs 13:25וּבֶ֖טֶןuvetenconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)A righteous man eats to his heart’s content, but the stomach of the wicked is empty.here: and [the] belly of
- Proverbs 18:8בָֽטֶן׃vatennoun · feminine singularThe words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.here: [the] belly
- Proverbs 18:20בִּטְנ֑וֹbitnonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularFrom the fruit of his mouth a man’s belly is filled; with the harvest from his lips he is satisfied.here: belly his
- Proverbs 20:27בָֽטֶן׃vatennoun · feminine singularThe spirit of a man is the lamp of the LORD, searching out his inmost being.here: [the] belly
- Proverbs 20:30בָֽטֶן׃vatennoun · feminine singularLashes and wounds scour evil, and beatings cleanse the inmost parts.here: [the] belly
- Proverbs 22:18בְּבִטְנֶ֑ךָbevitnekhapreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularfor it is pleasing when you keep them within you and they are constantly on your lips.here: in belly your
- Proverbs 26:22בָֽטֶן׃vatennoun · feminine singularThe words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.here: [the] belly
- Proverbs 31:2בִּטְנִ֑יbitninoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularWhat shall I say, O my son? What, O son of my womb? What, O son of my vows?here: womb my
Ecclesiastes2 occurrences
- Ecclesiastes 5:15מִבֶּ֣טֶןmibetenpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)As a man came from his mother’s womb, so he will depart again, naked as he arrived. He takes nothing for his labor to carry in his hands.here: from [the] womb of
- Ecclesiastes 11:5בְּבֶ֣טֶןbevetenpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the bones are formed in a mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things.here: in [the] womb of
Isaiah8 occurrences
- Isaiah 13:18בֶ֙טֶן֙vetennoun · feminine singularTheir bows will dash young men to pieces; they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb; they will not look with pity on the children.here: [the] womb
- Isaiah 44:2מִבֶּ֖טֶןmibetenpreposition + noun · feminine singularThis is the word of the LORD, your Maker, who formed you from the womb and who will help you: “Do not be afraid, O Jacob My servant, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.here: from [the] womb
- Isaiah 44:24מִבָּ֑טֶןmibatenpreposition + noun · feminine singularThus says the LORD, your Redeemer who formed you from the womb: “I am the LORD, who has made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who by Myself spread out the earth,here: from [the] womb
- Isaiah 46:3בֶ֔טֶןvetennoun · feminine singular“Listen to Me, O house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, who have been sustained from the womb, carried along since birth.here: [the] belly
- Isaiah 48:8מִבֶּ֖טֶןmibetenpreposition + noun · feminine singularYou have never heard; you have never understood; for a long time your ears have not been open. For I knew how deceitful you are; you have been called a rebel from birth.here: from [the] womb
- Isaiah 49:1מִבֶּ֣טֶןmibetenpreposition + noun · feminine singularListen to Me, O islands; pay attention, O distant peoples: The LORD called Me from the womb; from the body of My mother He named Me.here: from [the] womb
- Isaiah 49:5מִבֶּ֙טֶן֙mibetenpreposition + noun · feminine singularAnd now says the LORD, who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant, to bring Jacob back to Him, that Israel might be gathered to Him— for I am honored in the sight of the LORD, and My God is My strength—here: from [the] womb
- Isaiah 49:15בִּטְנָ֑הּbitnahnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular“Can a woman forget her nursing child, or lack compassion for the son of her womb? Even if she could forget, I will not forget you!here: womb her
Hosea3 occurrences
- Hosea 9:11וּמִבֶּ֖טֶןumibetenconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singularEphraim’s glory will fly away like a bird, with no birth, no pregnancy, and no conception.here: and from womb
- Hosea 9:16בִטְנָֽם׃ סvitnamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralEphraim is struck down; their root is withered; they cannot bear fruit. Even if they bear children, I will slay the darlings of their wombs.here: [masc] womb their
- Hosea 12:3בַּבֶּ֖טֶןbabetenpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singularIn the womb he grasped his brother’s heel, and in his vigor he wrestled with God.here: in the womb
Same headword in Strong's