The meaning of “κοιλία”

Understanding koilía reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.

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Greek Text

Strong's Concordance

κοιλία

Phonetickoy-lee'-ah

Transliterationkoilía

Grammar Code

G:N-F

Greek Noun, Feminine

Strong's Definition

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

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

Scripture References

22 total references

Reference	Text
Matthew 15:17	“Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?”
Luke 2:21	“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.”
Acts 14:8	“And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother’s womb, who never had walked:”
1 Corinthians 6:13	“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.”
Philippians 3:19	“Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)”

Total Occurrences

22x

Most Frequent Book

Luke

Book Distribution

Matthew3

Mark1

Luke8

John2

Acts2

Romans1

1 Corinthians1

Galatians1

Philippians1

Revelation2

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