Greek noun (feminine) · G2836
κοιλία
koiliakoy-lee'-ah
the belly; (As often in LXX) the womb; Metaphorical (as
22 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: koilía
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2836is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 10 of 27New Testament books
- 5spellings
- 3meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2836
a cavity, i.e. (especially) the abdomen; by implication, the matrix; figuratively, the heart
The King James renders it: belly, 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
koilia is rendered "the belly; (As often in LXX) the womb; Metaphorical (as". It stands 22 times in the Greek text, across ten books.
- Seven of the uses stand in Luke, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists three meanings for it, beginning with "the belly".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 12:40For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
- The Greek text spells it five different ways.
The first use
For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
Matthew 12:40κοιλίᾳ
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Seven of the word's twenty-two uses are in Luke.
What the word means
The word carries three meanings: the belly, and (As often in LXX) the womb, and Metaphorical (as.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| the belly(stomach or intestines or both): Mat.12:40 15:17, Mrk.7:19, Luk.15:16, Rom.16:18, 1Co.6:13, Php.3:19, Rev.10:9-10. | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 12:40For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish… |
| (As often in LXX) the wombLuk.1:41-42 | Tagged as
| WhereJob 1:21saying: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return. The LORD gave… |
| Metaphorical (as | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereJob 15:35They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb is pregnant with deceit.” |
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 22, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
5 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
- κοιλίας7
- κοιλίᾳ6
- κοιλία4
- κοιλίαν4
- κοιλίαι1
The grammar of each form
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular7N-GSF
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular6N-DSF
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular4N-ASF
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular4N-NSF
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine plural1N-NPF
Matthew
three uses
For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
- κοιλίᾳkoilianoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: belly
“Do you not yet realize that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then is eliminated?
- κοιλίανkoiliannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: stomach
For there are eunuchs who were born that way; others were made that way by men; and still others live like eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. The one who can accept this should accept it.”
- κοιλίαςkoiliasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: womb
Mark
one use
because it does not enter his heart, but it goes into the stomach and then is eliminated.” (Thus all foods are clean.)
- κοιλίανkoiliannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: belly
Luke
seven uses
for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He shall never take wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his mother’s womb.
- κοιλίαςkoiliasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: womb
When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.
- κοιλίᾳkoilianoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: womb
In a loud voice she exclaimed, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!
- κοιλίαςkoiliasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: womb
For as soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.
- κοιλίᾳkoilianoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: womb
When the eight days until His circumcision had passed, He was named Jesus, the name the angel had given Him before He had been conceived.
- κοιλίᾳkoilianoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: womb
As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said, “Blessed is the womb that bore You, and blessed are the breasts that nursed You!”
- κοιλίαkoilianoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: womb
Look, the days are coming when people will say, ‘Blessed are the barren women, the wombs that never bore, and breasts that never nursed!’
- κοιλίαιkoiliainoun · nominative (subject) · feminine pluraltagged: wombs
John
two uses
“How can a man be born when he is old?” Nicodemus asked. “Can he enter his mother’s womb a second time to be born?”
- κοιλίανkoiliannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: womb
Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’”
- κοιλίαςkoiliasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: belly
Acts
two uses
And a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those entering the temple courts.
- κοιλίαςkoiliasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: womb
In Lystra there sat a man crippled in his feet, who was lame from birth and had never walked.
- κοιλίαςkoiliasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: womb
Romans
one use
For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.
- κοιλίᾳkoilianoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: belly
1 Corinthians
two uses
“Food for the stomach and the stomach for food,” but God will destroy them both. The body is not intended for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.
- κοιλίᾳkoilianoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: belly
- κοιλίαkoilianoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: belly
Galatians
one use
But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by His grace, was pleased
- κοιλίαςkoiliasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: womb
Philippians
one use
Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.
- κοιλίαkoilianoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: belly
Revelation
two uses
And I went to the angel and said, “Give me the small scroll.” “Take it and eat it,” he said. “It will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey.”
- κοιλίανkoiliannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: stomach
So I took the small scroll from the angel’s hand and ate it; and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it, my stomach turned bitter.
- κοιλίαkoilianoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: stomach
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.