Strong's Number G2836

κοιλία

koilia · koy-lee'-ah

Transliteration:

koilia{koy-lee'-ah}

Word Origin:

from koilos ("hollow")

TDNT:

3:786,446

Part of Speech:

noun feminine

Strong's Definition:

a cavity, i.e. (especially) the abdomen; by implication, the matrix; figuratively, the heart

Usage in the KJV:

womb 12, belly 11

Total: 23
Occurs 23 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

the whole belly, the entire cavity
1. the upper [i.e. stomach] and the lower belly are distinguished
the lower belly, the lower region, the receptacle of the excrement
the gullet
1. to be given up to the pleasures of the palate, to gluttony
the womb, the place where the foetus is conceived and nourished until birth
1. of the uterus of animals
the innermost part of a man, the soul, heart as the seat of thought, feeling, choice