Greek noun (feminine) · G1064
γαστήρ
gastergas-tare'
the belly; the womb
9 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: gastḗr
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1064is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 27New Testament books
- 2spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1064
the stomach; by analogy, the matrix; figuratively, a gourmand
The King James renders it: belly, + with child, womb.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
gaster is rendered "the belly; the womb". It stands 9 times in the Greek text, across six books.
- Three of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "the belly".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 1:18This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged in marriage to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit.
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged in marriage to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit.
Matthew 1:18γαστρὶ
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's nine uses are in Matthew.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: the belly, and the womb.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| the bellymetaphorically, a glutton, Tit.1:12. | Tagged as
| WhereTitus 1:12As one of their own prophets has said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.” |
| the wombἐν γ. ἔχειν, to be with child, Mat.1:18, 23" (LXX) 24:19, Mrk.13:17, Luk.21:23, 1Th.5:3, Rev.12:2; εν γ. συλλαμβ., to conceive,... | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 1:18This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged in marriage to… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 9, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
2 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- γαστρὶ8
- γαστέρες1
The grammar of each form
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular8N-DSF
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine plural1N-NPF
Matthew
three uses
This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged in marriage to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit.
- γαστρὶgastrinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: womb
“Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call Him Immanuel” (which means, “God with us”).
- γαστρὶgastrinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: womb
How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers!
- γαστρὶgastrinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: womb
Mark
one use
How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers!
- γαστρὶgastrinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: womb
Luke
two uses
Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus.
- γαστρὶgastrinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: womb
How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers! For there will be great distress upon the land and wrath against this people.
- γαστρὶgastrinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: womb
1 Thessalonians
one use
While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
- γαστρὶgastrinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: womb
Titus
one use
As one of their own prophets has said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”
- γαστέρεςgasteresnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine pluraltagged: gluttons
Revelation
one use
She was pregnant and crying out in the pain and agony of giving birth.
- γαστρὶgastrinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: womb
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.