κοιλία
koilia
“belly/womb/stomach”
Definition
a cavity, i.e. (especially) the abdomen; by implication, the matrix; figuratively, the heart
from ("hollow");
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
G:N-F
Greek Noun, Feminine
Occurrences
κοιλία appears 22 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
“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.
“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?”
In a loud voice she exclaimed, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your 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.
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.”
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