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Strong's G2836 κοιλία (koilia)

Koilia means “belly” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H2836 — chashaq (“cling”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G2836
Language Greek
Linked Usages 115
Books 37

Strong's G2836 Quick Answer

Strong's G2836 κοιλία (koilia) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. koilia (koy-lee'-ah) n. 1. a cavity 2. (especially) the abdomen It has 115 linked Bible usages across 37 books. Visible English usage signals include womb, belly, heart, wombs, and hearts. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
koilia (koy-lee'-ah) n. 1. a cavity 2. (especially) the abdomen
Usage
115 linked usages
Books
37 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
womb, belly, heart, wombs, and hearts

Meaning and Definition

koilia (koy-lee'-ah) n. 1. a cavity 2. (especially) the abdomen 3. (by implication) the matrix 4. (figuratively) the heart [from koilos ("hollow")] KJV: belly, womb

Original Word
κοιλία
Transliteration
koilia
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2836. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

belly/womb/stomach

Usage: κοιλία, -ας, ἡ (κοῖλος, hollow), [in LXX chiefly for בֶּטֶן, מֵעֶה, קֶרֶב, Deu.7:13, 2Ki.7:12, Gen.41:21, al.; also (Job.3:11 10:18 31:15 38:8) for רֶחֶם ;] __1. 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. __2. (As often in LXX) the womb: Luk.1:41-42, 44 2:21 11:27 23:29, Jhn.3:4; ἐκ κ. μητρός (cf. Psa.22:11, Job.1:21, al.), Mat.19:12, Luk.1:15, Act.3:2 14:8, Gal.1:15. __3. Metaphorical (as Heb. בֶּטֶן, cf.

Job.15:35, Pro.20:27, Sir.19:12), of the heart: Jhn.7:38.† (AS)

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How Strong's G2836 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render koilia, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

womb Matthew 19:12 11× belly Matthew 15:17 heart Matthew 12:40 hearts Romans 16:18 wombs Luke 23:29

How Strong's G2836 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 83 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G2836 (κοιλία) appears 98 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G2836 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G2836 in the New Testament

22 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 12:40 KJV

For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Matthew 15:17 KJV

Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?

Matthew 19:12 KJV

For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother's womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.

Strong's G2836 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

83 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 3:14 Septuagint / Brenton

And the Lord God said to the serpent, Because thou hast done this thou art cursed above all cattle and all the brutes of the earth, on thy breast and belly thou shalt go, and thou shalt eat earth all the days of thy life.

Genesis 25:23 Septuagint / Brenton

And the Lord said to her, There are two nations in thy womb, And two peoples shall be separated from thy belly, And one people shall excel the other, And the elder shall serve the younger.

Genesis 25:24 Septuagint / Brenton

And the days were fulfilled that she should be delivered, and she had twins in her womb.

Strong's G2836 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

10 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Tobit 4:4 Septuagint / Brenton

Remember, my son, that she saw many dangers for thee, when thou wast in her womb; and when she is dead, bury her by me in one grave.

2 Maccabees 7:22 Septuagint / Brenton

I cannot tell how ye came into my womb; for I neither gave you breath nor life, neither was it I that formed the members of every one of you;

2 Maccabees 10:4 Septuagint / Brenton

When that was done, they fell flat down, and besought the Lord that they might come no more into such troubles; but if they sinned anymore against him, that he himself would chasten them with mercy, and that they might not be delivered unto the blasphemous and barbarous nations.

Usage Excerpts

First 115 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2836.

Genesis 3:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord God said to the serpent, Because thou hast done this thou art cursed above all cattle and all the brutes of the earth, on thy breast and belly thou shalt go, and thou shalt eat earth all the days of thy life.
Genesis 25:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said to her, There are two nations in thy womb, And two peoples shall be separated from thy belly, And one people shall excel the other, And the elder shall serve the younger.
Genesis 25:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the days were fulfilled that she should be delivered, and she had twins in her womb.
Genesis 30:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jacob was angry with Rachel, and said to her, Am I in the place of God, who has deprived thee of the fruit of the womb?
Genesis 41:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they went into their bellies; and it was not perceptible that they had gone into their bellies, and their appearance was ill-favored, as also at the beginning; and after I awoke I slept,
Exodus 29:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt take all the fat that is on the belly, and the lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and shalt put them upon the altar.
Exodus 29:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt take from the ram its fat, both the fat that covers the belly, and the lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the right shoulder, for this is a consecration.
Leviticus 3:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they shall bring of the peace offering a burnt sacrifice to the Lord, the fat covering the belly, and all the fat on the belly.
Leviticus 3:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall bring of the peace offering a burnt sacrifice to the Lord: the fat and the hinder part unblemished he shall take away with the loins, and having taken away all the fat that covers the belly, and all the fat that is on the belly,
Leviticus 3:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall offer of it a burnt offering to the Lord, even the fat that covers the belly, and all the fat that is on the belly.
Leviticus 4:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they shall take the skin of the calf, and all his flesh with the head and the extremities and the belly and the dung,
Leviticus 8:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses brought the second ram, the ram of consecration, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram, and he slew him;
Leviticus 8:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And from the basket of consecration, which was before the Lord, he also took one unleavened loaf, and one loaf made with oil, and one cake; and put them upon the fat, and the right shoulder:
Leviticus 9:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he washed the belly and the feet with water, and he put them on the whole burnt offering on the altar.
Leviticus 9:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he took the fat of the calf, and the hindquarters of the ram, and the fat covering the belly, and the two kidneys, and the fat upon them, and the caul on the liver.
Leviticus 11:42 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And every animal that creeps on its belly, and every one that goes on four feet continually, which abounds with feet among all the reptiles creeping upon the earth—ye shall not eat it, for it is an abomination to you.
Numbers 5:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
then the priest shall adjure the woman by the oaths of this curse, and the priest shall say to the woman, The Lord bring thee into a curse and under an oath in the midst of thy people, in that the Lord should cause thy thigh to rot and thy belly to swell;
Numbers 5:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and this water bringing the curse shall enter into thy womb to cause thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot. And the woman shall say, So be it, So be it.
Numbers 5:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it shall come to pass, if she be defiled, and have altogether escaped the notice of her husband, then the water of the conviction that brings the curse shall enter into her; and she shall swell in her belly, and her thigh shall rot, and the woman shall be for a curse in the midst of her people.
Deuteronomy 7:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee; and he will bless the offspring of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the herds of thine oxen, and the flocks of thy sheep, on the land which the Lord swore to thy fathers to give to thee.
Deuteronomy 28:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Blessed shall be the offspring of thy body, and the fruits of thy land, and the herds of thy oxen, and the flocks of thy sheep.
Deuteronomy 28:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord thy God shall multiply thee for good in the offspring of thy body, and in the offspring of thy cattle, and in the fruits of thy land, on thy land which the Lord swore to thy fathers to give to thee.
Deuteronomy 28:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Cursed shall be the offspring of thy body, and the fruits of thy land, the herds of thine oxen, and the flocks of thy sheep.
Deuteronomy 28:53 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt eat the fruit of thy body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, all that he has given thee, in thy straitness and thy affliction, with which thine enemy shall afflict thee.
Deuteronomy 30:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord thy God shall bless thee in every work of thy hands, in the offspring of thy body, and in the offspring of thy cattle, and in the fruits of thy land, because the Lord thy God will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers:
Judges 3:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass as he arose, that Ehud stretched forth his left hand, and took the dagger off his right thigh, and plunged it into his belly;
Judges 3:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and drove in also the haft after the blade, and the fat closed in upon the blade, for he drew not out the dagger from his belly.
Judges 13:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
for behold, thou art with child, and shalt bring forth a son; and there shall come no razor upon his head, for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb; and he shall begin to save Israel from the hand of the Philistines.
Judges 16:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then he told her all his heart, and said to her, A razor has not come upon my head, because I have been a holy one of God from my mother’s womb; if then I should be shaven, my strength will depart from me, and I shall be weak, and I shall be as all other men.
Ruth 1:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Naomi said, Return now, my daughters; and why do ye go with me? have I yet sons in my womb to be your husbands?
2 Kingdoms 7:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it shall come to pass when thy days shall have been fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, even thine own issue, and I will establish his kingdom.
2 Kingdoms 16:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David said to Abishai and to all his servants, Behold, my son who came forth out of my bowels seeks my life; still more now may the son of Benjamin: let him curse, because the Lord has told him.
2 Kingdoms 20:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Amasa observed not the dagger that was in the hand of Joab: and Joab smote him with it on the loins, and his bowels were shed out upon the ground, and he did not repeat the blow, and he died: and Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.
1 Chronicles 17:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it shall come to pass when thy days shall be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
2 Chronicles 21:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and thou shalt be afflicted with a grievous disease, with a disease of the bowels, until thy bowels shall fall out day by day with the sickness.
2 Chronicles 21:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And after all these things the Lord smote him in the bowels with an incurable disease.
2 Chronicles 21:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it continued from day to day: and when the time of the days came to two years, his bowels fell out with the disease, and he died by a grievous distemper: and his people performed no funeral, like the funeral of his fathers.
2 Chronicles 32:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord sent an angel, and he destroyed every mighty man and warrior, and leader and captain in the camp of the king of Assyria: and he returned with shame of face to his own land and came into the house of his god: and some of them that came out of his bowels slew him with the sword.
Job 1:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and said, I myself came forth naked from my mother’s womb, And naked shall I return thither: The Lord gave, the Lord has taken away: As it seemed good to the Lord, so has it come to pass; Blessed be the name of the Lord.
Job 3:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For why died I not in the belly? And why did I not come forth from the womb and die immediately?
Job 10:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Why then didst thou bring me out of the womb? And why did I not die, and no eye see me,
Job 15:35 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall conceive sorrows, And his end shall be vanity, And his belly shall bear deceit.
Job 30:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
My belly boiled, and would not cease: The days of poverty prevented me.
Job 31:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Were not they too formed as I also was formed in the womb? Yea, we were formed in the same womb.
Job 38:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I shut up the sea with gates, When it rushed out, coming forth out of its mother’s womb.
Psalms 21:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I was cast on thee from the womb: Thou art my God from my mother’s belly.
Psalms 21:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I am poured out like water, And all my bones are loosened: My heart in the midst of my belly is become like melting wax.
Psalms 39:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I desired to do thy will, O my God, And thy law in the midst of my heart.
Psalms 70:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
On thee have I been stayed from the womb: From the belly of my mother thou art my protector: Of thee is my praise continually.
Psalms 131:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The Lord swore in truth to David, and he will not annul it, saying, Of the fruit of thy body will I set a king upon thy throne.
Proverbs 18:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
A man fills his belly with the fruits of his mouth; And he shall be satisfied with the fruits of his lips.
Proverbs 20:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Who searches the inmost parts of the belly.
Proverbs 20:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And plagues shall come into the inward parts of their belly.
Proverbs 24:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Bring not an ungodly man into the dwelling of the righteous: Neither be deceived by the feeding of the belly.
Proverbs 31:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
What will you keep, my son, what? the words of God. My firstborn son, I speak to you: what? son of my womb? what? * son of my vows?
Song of Solomon 5:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
My kinsman put forth his hand by the hole of the door, And my belly was moved for him.
Song of Solomon 5:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
His hands are as turned gold set with beryl: His belly is an ivory tablet on a sapphire stone.
Song of Solomon 7:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thy navel is as a turned bowl, Not wanting liquor; Thy belly is as a heap of wheat Set about with lilies.
Isaiah 8:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if they should say to you, Seek those who have in them a divining spirit, and them that speak out of the earth, them that speak vain words, who speak out of their belly: shall not a nation diligently seek to their God? why do they seek to the dead concerning the living?
Isaiah 16:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore my belly shall sound as a harp for Moab, and thou hast repaired my inward parts as a wall.
Isaiah 44:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus saith the Lord God that made thee, and he that formed thee from the womb; Thou shalt yet be helped: fear not, my servant Jacob; and beloved Israel, whom I have chosen.
Isaiah 44:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus saith the Lord that redeems thee, and who formed thee from the womb, I am the Lord that performs all things: I stretched out the heaven alone, and established the earth.
Isaiah 46:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Hear me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of Israel, who are borne by me from the womb, and taught by me from infancy, even to old age:
Isaiah 48:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou hast neither known, nor understood, neither from the beginning have I opened thine ears: for I knew that thou wouldest surely deal treacherously, and wouldest be called a transgressor even from the womb.
Isaiah 48:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thy seed also would have been as the sand, and the offspring of thy belly as the dust of the ground: neither now shalt thou by any means be utterly destroyed, neither shall thy name perish before me.
Isaiah 49:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Hearken to me, ye islands; and attend, ye Gentiles; after a long time it shall come to pass, saith the Lord: from my mother’s womb he has called my name:
Isaiah 49:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And now, thus saith the Lord that formed me from the womb to be his own servant, to gather Jacob to him and Israel. I shall be gathered and glorified before the Lord, and my God shall be my strength.
Isaiah 49:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Will a woman forget her child, so as not to have compassion upon the offspring of her womb? but if a woman should even forget these, yet I will not forget thee, saith the Lord.
Jeremiah 1:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Before I formed thee in the belly, I knew thee; and before thou camest forth from the womb, I sanctified thee; I appointed thee a prophet to the nations.
Jeremiah 4:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I am pained in my bowels, my bowels, and the sensitive powers of my heart; my soul is in great commotion, my heart is torn: I will not be silent, for my soul has heard the sound of a trumpet, the cry of war, and of distress: it calls on destruction;
Jeremiah 28:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He has devoured me, he has torn me asunder, airy darkness has come upon me; Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has swallowed me up, as a dragon has he filled his belly with my delicacies.
Lamentations 1:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold, O Lord; for I am afflicted: My belly is troubled, And my heart is turned within me; For I have been grievously rebellious: Abroad the sword has bereaved me, Even as death at home.
Lamentations 2:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold, O Lord, And see for whom thou hast gathered thus. Shall the women eat the fruit of their womb? The cook has made a gathering: Shall the infants sucking at the breasts be slain? Wilt thou slay the priest and prophet In the sanctuary of the Lord?
Ezekiel 3:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
thy mouth shall eat, and thy belly shall be filled with this volume that is given to thee. So I ate it; and it was in my mouth as sweet honey.
Ezekiel 7:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Their silver shall be cast forth in the streets, and their gold shall be despised: their souls shall not be satisfied, and their bellies shall not be filled: for it was the punishment of their iniquities.
Daniel 2:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
It was an image, the head of which was of fine gold, its hands and breast and arms of silver, its belly and thighs of brass,
Hosea 9:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ephraim is sick, he is dried up at his roots, he shall in nowise anymore bear fruit: wherefore even if they should beget children, I will kill the desired fruit of their womb.
Hosea 12:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and in his labors he had power with God.
Jonah 2:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Now the Lord had commanded a great whale to swallow up Jonah: and Jonah was in the belly of the whale three days and three nights.
Jonah 2:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jonah prayed to the Lord his God out of the belly of the whale,
Jonah 2:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and said, I cried in my affliction to the Lord my God, and he hearkened to me, Even to my cry out of the belly of hell: thou heardest my voice.
Micah 6:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Will the Lord accept thousands of rams, or ten thousands of fat goats? should I give my firstborn for ungodliness, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
Habakkuk 3:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I watched, and my belly trembled At the sound of the prayer of my lips, And trembling entered into my bones, And my frame was troubled within me; I will rest in the day of affliction, From going up to the people of my sojourning.
Matthew 12:40 New Testament, KJV
For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
Matthew 15:17 New Testament, KJV
Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?
Matthew 19:12 New Testament, KJV
For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother's womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.
Mark 7:19 New Testament, KJV
Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?
Luke 1:15 New Testament, KJV
For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb.
Luke 1:41 New Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost:
Luke 1:42 New Testament, KJV
And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.
Luke 1:44 New Testament, KJV
For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.
Luke 2:21 New Testament, KJV
And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
Luke 11:27 New Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked.
Luke 15:16 New Testament, KJV
And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.
Luke 23:29 New Testament, KJV
For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.
John 3:4 New Testament, KJV
Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?
John 7:38 New Testament, KJV
He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
Acts 3:2 New Testament, KJV
And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple;
Acts 14:8 New Testament, KJV
And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked:
Romans 16:18 New Testament, KJV
For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.
1 Corinthians 6:13 New Testament, KJV
Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.
Galatians 1:15 New Testament, KJV
But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace,
Philippians 3:19 New Testament, KJV
Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
Revelation 10:9 New Testament, KJV
And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.
Revelation 10:10 New Testament, KJV
And I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.
Tobit 4:4 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Remember, my son, that she saw many dangers for thee, when thou wast in her womb; and when she is dead, bury her by me in one grave.
2 Maccabees 7:22 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
I cannot tell how ye came into my womb; for I neither gave you breath nor life, neither was it I that formed the members of every one of you;
2 Maccabees 10:4 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
When that was done, they fell flat down, and besought the Lord that they might come no more into such troubles; but if they sinned anymore against him, that he himself would chasten them with mercy, and that they might not be delivered unto the blasphemous and barbarous nations.
Wisdom of Solomon 7:1 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
I myself also am a mortal man, like to all, And the offspring of him that was first made of the earth,
Wisdom of Sirach 19:12 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
As an arrow that sticketh in a man’s thigh, So is a word within a fool’s belly.
Wisdom of Sirach 23:6 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Let not the greediness of the belly nor lust of the flesh take hold of me; And give me not over into an impudent mind.
Wisdom of Sirach 36:18 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
O be merciful unto Jerusalem, thy holy city, The place of thy rest.
Wisdom of Sirach 40:30 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Begging is sweet in the mouth of the shameless: But in his belly there shall burn a fire.
Wisdom of Sirach 51:5 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
From the depth of the belly of hell, From an unclean tongue, and from lying words.
Wisdom of Sirach 51:21 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
My heart was troubled in seeking her: Therefore have I gotten a good possession.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2836, grouped by book.

Genesis 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 9 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ruth 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Song of Solomon 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 10 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Lamentations 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Hosea 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jonah 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Micah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Habakkuk 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 3 usages, New Testament
Mark 1 usage, New Testament
Luke 8 usages, New Testament
John 2 usages, New Testament
Acts 2 usages, New Testament
Romans 1 usage, New Testament
1 Corinthians 1 usage, New Testament
Galatians 1 usage, New Testament
Philippians 1 usage, New Testament
Revelation 2 usages, New Testament
Tobit 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 6 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G2836 FAQ

What does koilia (κοιλία) mean?

Koilia (Strong's G2836) is a Greek word most simply glossed "belly". koilia (koy-lee'-ah) n. 1. a cavity 2. (especially) the abdomen

How many times is koilia (κοιλία) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 115 linked usages for Strong's G2836 across 37 books.

Where can I study koilia (κοιλία) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2836 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate koilia (κοιλία)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as womb, belly, heart, wombs, and hearts. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G2836 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 83 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 10 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G2836, with linked reader references where each row is available.