Belly bel'-i: gachon = "the external abdomen" (Genesis 3:14, Leviticus 11:42). qobhah = "the abdominal cavity" (Numbers 25:8 the American Standard Revised Version "body"). beTen = "the internal abdomen," "the womb" (1 Kings 7:20, Job 15:2, Job 15:35 the King James Version; Job 20:15, Job 20:23, Job 40:16, Job 40:17, Job 40:14, Proverbs 13:25, Proverbs 18:20, Jeremiah 1:5, Ezekiel 3:3); also figuratively "the internal regions," "the body of anything" (Jonah 2:2). me`eh = "intestines," "abdomen" (Daniel 2:32, Jonah 1:17, Jonah 2:1, Jonah 2:2). In the New Testament koilia = "a cavity," espec ially the abdominal (Matthew 12:40, Matthew 15:17, Mark 7:19); the seat of appetite and of the carnal affections (Romans 16:18, 1 Corinthians 6:13, Philippians 3:19, Revelation 10:9, Revelation 10:10); the innermost of the soul (the American Revised Version, margin John 7:38).
Frank E. Hirsch