koilia <2836>

koilia koilia

Pronunciation:	koy-lee'-ah
Origin:	from koilos ("hollow")
Reference:	TDNT - 3:786,446
PrtSpch:	n f
In Greek:	koilia 10, koiliai 1, koilian 4, koiliav 7
In NET:	womb 6, stomach 6, birth 4, belly 2, appetites 1, within 1, wombs 1
In AV:	womb 12, belly 11
Count:	23
Definition:	1) the whole belly, the entire cavity 1a) the upper [i.e. stomach] and the lower belly are distinguished 2) the lower belly, the lower region, the receptacle of the excrement 3) the gullet 3a) to be given up to the pleasures of the palate, to gluttony 4) the womb, the place where the foetus is conceived and nourished until birth 4a) of the uterus of animals 5) the innermost part of a man, the soul, heart as the seat of thought, feeling, choice from koilos ("hollow"); a cavity, i.e. (especially) the abdomen; by implication, the matrix; figuratively, the heart:-belly, womb.

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