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H990

H990 — בֶּטֶן

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewbetennoun femOccurrences: 72TWOT: 236a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H990
Word:בֶּטֶן
Part of Speech:noun fem
Etymology:from an unused root probably meaning to be hollow
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:72
Transliteration:beten
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:beh'-ten
Meaning:1. the belly, especially the womb 2. also the bosom or body of anything
KJV Renderings:belly, body, + as they be born, + within, womb.

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I. בֶ֫טֶן noun feminine Num 5:25 belly, body, womb (Arabic [untranscribed source text 565]) — ׳ בּ absolute Judg 13:7 +; בָּ֑טֶן Judg 13:5 +; construct בֶּטֶן Ps 139:13 +; suffix בִּטְנִי Job 3:10 +; בִּטְנְךָ Deut 7:13 +; בִּטְנֵךְ Gen 25:23 בִּטְנוֺ Job 15:2 +, etc.; —

1.
a. belly, abdomen, of man Judg 3:21; Judg 3:22 of woman Num 5:21; Num 5:22; Num 5:27 as beautiful in form Song 7:3 as seat of hunger Prov 13:25 as eating Ezek 3:3 (|| מֵעִים); compare Prov 18:20 (figurative); as seat of passion, avarice, etc. Job 20:20; Job 20:23 in figure of God's casting riches out of extortioner's belly Job 20:15 (|| וַיְקִאֶנּוּ), compare also Ps 17:14 figurative of innermost part of man = inmost soul Prov 18:8 = Prov 26:22 ; Prov 20:27; Prov 20:30 (all ׳ חַדְרֵי ב); as seat of intell. faculties (= English breast or bosom) Prov 22:18 (compare מֵעִים Ps 40:9) Job 15:2; Job 15:35; Job 32:18, רוּחַ בִּטְנִי Job 15:19 as trembling at theophany Hab 3:16.
b. belly of hippopotamus Job 40:16.
c. בֶּטֶן שְׁאוֺל Jonah 2:3 (Jonah's prayer: || מְצוּלָה בִּלְבַכ יַמִּים).
2. body, opposed to soul Ps 31:10 (opposed to נֶפֶשׁ), also Ps 44:26 (opposed to id.; — on this compare ZimBp 71).
3. womb Gen 25:23; Gen 25:24; Gen 38:27 (all J ) Hos 12:4 ; Job 10:19 (|| רֶחֶם Job 10:18) Eccl 11:5; Job 31:15 הֲלֹא בַבֶּטֶן עשֵֹׁנִי עָשָׂ֑הוּ did not he that made me in the womb make him (|| וַיְכֻנֶנּוּ בָּרֶחֶם אֶחָד ); compare Ps 139:13 תְּסֻכֵּנִי בְּבֶטֶן, & Jer 1:5 especially ׳ פְּרִי ב i.e. offspring Gen 30:2 ( E ) Ps 127:3; Isa 13:18; Prov 31:2 בַּר בִּטְנִי = my son (|| בְּרִי) compare בֶּןבִּֿטְנָהּ Isa 49:15 of birth יָצָא מִבֶּטֶן Job 1:21; Job 3:11; Eccl 5:14 בֶּטֶן alone = birth Hos 9:11 (|| לֵדָה, הֵרָיוֺן), compare Figurative מִבֶּטֶן מִי יָצָא הַקָּ֑רַח Job 38:29 out of whose womb came the ice ? compare לֹא סָגַר דַּלְתֵי בִּטְנִי Job 3:10 i.e. of my (mother's) womb; גָּחָה מִבֶּטֶן take, draw out of the womb, subject ׳ י (i.e. cause to be born) Ps 22:10 פְּרִי בֶטֶןused also of father Mic 6:7, compare Ps 132:11 (David as ancestor of Messianic King); Job 19:17 בְּנֵי בִטְנִי sons of my body, of doubtful interpretation, perhaps = sons of my (mother's) womb, compare Job 3:10 (Ges De), i.e. my brother or men of my clan RSK 33 f., others my sons (Ew), my grandsons (Di ); also in addressing Israel As a whole (masculine suffix) Deut 7:13; Deut 28:4; Deut 28:11; Deut 28:18; Deut 28:53; Deut 30:9, compare מַחֲמַדֵּי בִטְנָם Hos 9:16 beloved ones of their womb; (מִבֶּטֶן) מִןהַֿבֶּטֶן = from birth Judg 13:5; Judg 13:7; Ps 58:4; Ps 71:6, compare also Isa 44:2; Isa 44:24; Isa 46:3 (|| רָחַ֑ם) Isa 48:8; Isa 49:1; Isa 49:5 מִבֶּטֶן נִמִּי id. Judg 16:17; Job 31:18; Ps 22:11 (|| רֶחֶם).
4. architectural word of some rounded projection connected with the two pillars Jachin & Boaz 1Kgs 7:20 ( Klo reads הבית).


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

בטן (beh’-ten)

Genesis 25:23

KJV: And the Lord said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.
EHCC: Two nations (are) in thy womb,

Genesis 30:2

KJV: And Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God’s stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?
EHCC: withheld from thee the fruit of the womb 7

Genesis 38:27

KJV: And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins were in her womb.
EHCC: twins (were) in her womb.

Numbers 5:21

KJV: Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, The Lord make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when the Lord doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to swell;rot: Heb. fall
EHCC: thy belly to swell ;

Deuteronomy 7:13

KJV: And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
EHCC: bless the fruit of thy womb,

Deuteronomy 28:4

KJV: Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.
EHCC: Blessed (shall be) the fruit of thy body,

Deuteronomy 30:9

KJV: And the Lord thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the Lord will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers:
EHCC: in the fruit of {hy body,

Judges 3:21

KJV: And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly:
EHCC: thrust it na his belly: of Ma bell

Judges 18:5

KJV: And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.
EHCC: a Nazarite unto God from the womb:

Judges 16:17

KJV: That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother’s womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man.
EHCC: from my mother's womb:

1 Kings 7:20

KJV: And the chapiters upon the two pillars had pomegranates also above, over against the belly which was by the network: and the pomegranates were two hundred in rows round about upon the other chapiter.
EHCC: over against the belly

Job 1:21

KJV: And said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.
EHCC: Naked came 1 out of my mother’s womb,

Job 8:10

KJV: Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
EHCC: not up the doors of my tmother's) womb,

Job 10:19

KJV: I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.
EHCC: carried from the womb to the grave.

Job 15:2

KJV: Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?vain…: Heb. knowledge of wind
EHCC: fill his belly with the east wind?

Job 19:17

KJV: My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children’s sake of mine own body.mine…: Heb. my belly
EHCC: of mine מפס boty. (marg. m: belly)

Job 90:15

EHCC: God shall cast them out of 2 ly.

Job 31:15

KJV: Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?did not one…: or, did he not fashion us in one womb?
EHCC: Did not he thet made me in the womb

Job 82:18

EHCC: the spirit within me (marg. of my belly)

Job 38:29

KJV: Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
EHCC: Gut of whore tromb came

Job 40:16

KJV: Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.
EHCC: bis force (is) in the navel of his belly.

Psalms 17:14

KJV: From men which are thy hand, O Lord, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.which are: or, bythey…: or, their children are full
EHCC: whose belly thou fillest ַ

Psalms 22:9

KJV: But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother’s breasts.didst…: or, kept me in safety
EHCC: (10).he that took me out of the womb:

Psalms 31:910

EHCC: my soul and my belly.

Proverbs 13:25

KJV: The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want.
EHCC: but the belly of the wicked

Ecclesiastes 5:15

KJV: As he came forth of his mother’s womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.
EHCC: (14). he came forth of his mother's womb,

Song of Songs 7:2

KJV: Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies.liquor: Heb. mixture
EHCC: (8). thy belly (is like) an heap

Jeremiah 1:5

KJV: Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.ordained: Heb. gave
EHCC: Before I formed thee in the belly

Ezekiel 3:3

KJV: And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness.
EHCC: cause thy belly to eat,

Jonah 2:2

KJV: And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the Lord, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice.by…: or, out of mine afflictionhell: or, the grave
EHCC: (3). out of the belly of hell

Micah 6:7

KJV: Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?body: Heb. belly
EHCC: the fruit of my body (marg. belly)

Habakkuk 3:16

KJV: When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops.invade…: or, cut them in pieces
EHCC: my belly trembled;
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