Hebrew noun (feminine) · H990
בֶּטֶן
betenbeh'-ten
belly: abdomen
72 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: beṭen
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H990is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 17 of 39Old Testament books
- 56spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H990
the belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anything
The King James renders it: belly, body, [phrase] as they be born, [phrase] within, 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
beten is rendered "belly: abdomen". It stands 72 times in the Hebrew text, across seventeen books.
- Sixteen of the uses stand in Job, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 25:23and 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.”
- The Greek text spells it fifty-six different ways.
The first use
and 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.”
Genesis 25:23בְּבִטְנֵ֔ךְ
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- from womb7
- womb your6
- belly5
- belly my4
- belly your4
- from womb of4
- belly his3
- from belly3
- the womb3
- womb my3
- from belly his2
- from belly of2
and 21 more, 72 uses in all
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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| בֶּטַח | betach | security | Uses42 |
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
The words it stands beside
All 72, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
56 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
- בָֽטֶן׃5
- מִבֶּ֣טֶן5
- מִבֶּ֖טֶן3
- בְּבֶ֣טֶן2
- בְּבִטְנָֽהּ׃2
- בִטְנְךָ֛2
- וּמִבֶּ֖טֶן2
- מִ֝בֶּ֗טֶן2
- מִבָּ֑טֶן2
- בַ֭בֶּטֶן1
- בַבֶּ֙טֶן֙1
- בַּבֶּ֖טֶן1
and 44 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- preposition + noun · feminine singular10HR/Ncfsa
- noun · feminine singular8HNcfsa
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular8HNcfsc/Sp2ms
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)8HR/Ncfsc
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular7HNcfsc/Sp1bs
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular4HNcfsc/Sp3ms
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular4HR/Ncfsc/Sp3ms
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular4HTd/Ncfsa
- preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular3HRd/Ncfsa
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular2HNcfsc/Sp2fs
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular2HNcfsc/Sp3fs
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural2HNcfsc/Sp3mp
Genesis
four uses
and 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.”
- בְּבִטְנֵ֔ךְbevitnekhpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: in womb your
When her time came to give birth, there were indeed twins in her womb.
- בְּבִטְנָֽהּ׃bevitnahpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: in womb her
Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld children from you?”
- בָֽטֶן׃vatennoun · feminine singulartagged: womb
When the time came for Tamar to give birth, there were twins in her womb.
- בְּבִטְנָֽהּ׃bevitnahpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: in womb her
Numbers
three uses
and 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.
- בִּטְנֵ֖ךְbitnekhnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: belly your
May 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.’
- בֶּ֖טֶןbetennoun · feminine singulartagged: a belly
When 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.
- בִטְנָ֔הּvitnahnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: belly her
Deuteronomy
six uses
He 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.
- בִטְנְךָ֣vitnekhanoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: womb your
The 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.
- בִטְנְךָ֛vitnekhanoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: womb your
The 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.
- בִטְנְךָ֛vitnekhanoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: womb your
The 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.
- בִטְנְךָ֖vitnekhanoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: womb your
Then 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.
- בִטְנְךָ֗vitnekhanoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: womb your
So 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,
- בִטְנְךָ֜vitnekhanoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: womb your
Judges
five uses
And Ehud reached with his left hand, pulled the sword from his right thigh, and plunged it into Eglon’s belly.
- בְּבִטְנֽוֹ׃bevitnopreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: in belly his
Even 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.
- מִבִּטְנ֑וֹmibitnopreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: from belly his
For 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.”
- הַבָּ֑טֶןhabatenthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the womb
But 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.’”
- הַבֶּ֖טֶןhabetenthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the womb
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.”
- מִבֶּ֣טֶןmibetenpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from womb of
1 Kings
one use
On the capitals of both pillars, just above the rounded projection next to the network, were the two hundred pomegranates in rows encircling each capital.
- הַבֶּ֔טֶןhabetenthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the bulge
Job
sixteen uses
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.”
- מִבֶּ֣טֶןmibetenpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from womb of
For that night did not shut the doors of the womb to hide the sorrow from my eyes.
- בִטְנִ֑יvitninoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: womb my
Why did I not perish at birth; why did I not die as I came from the womb?
- מִבֶּ֖טֶןmibetenpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: from belly
If only I had never come to be, but had been carried from the womb to the grave.
- מִ֝בֶּ֗טֶןmibetenpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: from womb
“Does a wise man answer with empty counsel or fill his belly with the hot east wind?
- בִּטְנֽוֹ׃bitnonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: belly his
They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb is pregnant with deceit.”
- וּ֝בִטְנָ֗םuvitnamconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: and belly their
My breath is repulsive to my wife, and I am loathsome to my own family.
- בִטְנִֽי׃vitninoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: womb my
He swallows wealth but vomits it out; God will force it from his stomach.
- מִ֝בִּטְנ֗וֹmibitnopreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: from belly his
Because his appetite is never satisfied, he cannot escape with his treasure.
- בְּבִטְנ֑וֹbevitnopreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: in belly his
When he has filled his stomach, God will vent His fury upon him, raining it down on him as he eats.
- בִטְנ֗וֹvitnonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: belly his
Did not He who made me in the womb also make them? Did not the same One form us in the womb?
- בַ֭בֶּטֶןvabetenpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: in the belly
though from my youth I reared him as would a father, and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow—
- וּמִבֶּ֖טֶןumibetenconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and from womb of
For I am full of words, and my spirit within me compels me.
- בִּטְנִֽי׃bitninoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: belly my
Behold, my belly is like unvented wine; it is about to burst like a new wineskin.
- בִטְנִ֗יvitninoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: belly my
From whose womb does the ice emerge? Who gives birth to the frost from heaven,
- מִבֶּ֣טֶןmibetenpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from womb of
See the strength of his loins and the power in the muscles of his belly.
- בִטְנֽוֹ׃vitnonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: belly its
Psalms
ten uses
from 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.
- בִ֫טְנָ֥םvitnamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: belly their
Yet You brought me forth from the womb; You made me secure at my mother’s breast.
- מִבָּ֑טֶןmibatenpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: from belly
From birth I was cast upon You; from my mother’s womb You have been my God.
- מִבֶּ֥טֶןmibetenpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from belly of
Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes fail from sorrow, my soul and body as well.
- וּבִטְנִֽי׃uvitniconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: and belly my
For our soul has sunk to the dust; our bodies cling to the earth.
- בִּטְנֵֽנוּ׃bitnenunoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: belly our
The wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth.
- מִ֝בֶּ֗טֶןmibetenpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: from belly
I have leaned on You since birth; You pulled me from my mother’s womb. My praise is always for You.
- מִבֶּ֗טֶןmibetenpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: from womb
Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.
- הַבָּֽטֶן׃habatenthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the womb
The LORD swore an oath to David, a promise He will not revoke: “One of your descendants I will place on your throne.
- בִטְנְךָ֑vitnekhanoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: belly your
For You formed my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb.
- בְּבֶ֣טֶןbevetenpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in womb of
Proverbs
eight uses
A righteous man eats to his heart’s content, but the stomach of the wicked is empty.
- וּבֶ֖טֶןuvetenconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and belly of
The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.
- בָֽטֶן׃vatennoun · feminine singulartagged: belly
From the fruit of his mouth a man’s belly is filled; with the harvest from his lips he is satisfied.
- בִּטְנ֑וֹbitnonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: belly his
The spirit of a man is the lamp of the LORD, searching out his inmost being.
- בָֽטֶן׃vatennoun · feminine singulartagged: belly
Lashes and wounds scour evil, and beatings cleanse the inmost parts.
- בָֽטֶן׃vatennoun · feminine singulartagged: belly
for it is pleasing when you keep them within you and they are constantly on your lips.
- בְּבִטְנֶ֑ךָbevitnekhapreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: in belly your
The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.
- בָֽטֶן׃vatennoun · feminine singulartagged: belly
What shall I say, O my son? What, O son of my womb? What, O son of my vows?
- בִּטְנִ֑יbitninoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: womb my
Ecclesiastes
two uses
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.
- מִבֶּ֣טֶןmibetenpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from womb 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.
- בְּבֶ֣טֶןbevetenpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in womb of
Song of Solomon
one use
Your navel is a rounded goblet; it never lacks blended wine. Your waist is a mound of wheat encircled by the lilies.
- בִּטְנֵךְ֙bitnekhnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: belly your
Isaiah
eight uses
Their 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.
- בֶ֙טֶן֙vetennoun · feminine singulartagged: womb
This 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.
- מִבֶּ֖טֶןmibetenpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: from womb
Thus 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,
- מִבָּ֑טֶןmibatenpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: from womb
“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.
- בֶ֔טֶןvetennoun · feminine singulartagged: belly
You 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.
- מִבֶּ֖טֶןmibetenpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: from womb
Listen 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.
- מִבֶּ֣טֶןmibetenpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: from womb
And 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—
- מִבֶּ֙טֶן֙mibetenpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: from womb
“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!
- בִּטְנָ֑הּbitnahnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: womb her
Jeremiah
one use
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
- בַבֶּ֙טֶן֙vabetenpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: in the belly
Ezekiel
one use
“Son of man,” He said to me, “eat and fill your stomach with this scroll I am giving you.” So I ate, and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth.
- בִּטְנְךָ֤bitnekhanoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: belly your
Hosea
three uses
Ephraim’s glory will fly away like a bird, with no birth, no pregnancy, and no conception.
- וּמִבֶּ֖טֶןumibetenconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: and from womb
Ephraim is struck down; their root is withered; they cannot bear fruit. Even if they bear children, I will slay the darlings of their wombs.
- בִטְנָֽם׃ סvitnamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: womb their
In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel, and in his vigor he wrestled with God.
- בַּבֶּ֖טֶןbabetenpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: in the womb
Jonah
one use
saying: “In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered me. From the belly of Sheol I called for help, and You heard my voice.
- מִבֶּ֧טֶןmibetenpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from belly of
Micah
one use
Would the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I present my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
- בִטְנִ֖יvitninoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: belly my
Habakkuk
one use
I heard and trembled within; my lips quivered at the sound. Decay entered my bones; I trembled where I stood. Yet I must wait patiently for the day of distress to come upon the people who invade us.
- בִּטְנִ֗יbitninoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: belly my
The letters
Gematria 61· 711 mispar gadol
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.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.
