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Strong's #2836 - κοιλία
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- the whole belly, the entire cavity
- the upper [i.e. stomach] and the lower belly are distinguished
- the lower belly, the lower region, the receptacle of the excrement
- the gullet
- 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
- of the uterus of animals
- the innermost part of a man, the soul, heart as the seat of thought, feeling, choice
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κοιλί-α,
Ion. κοιλί-η, ἡ, (κοῖλος)
I
1. cavity of the body, i.e. thorax with abdomen, Hp. Art. 46 (including ἡ ἄνω κ., = thorax, ἡ κάτω, = abdomen, acc. to Gal. 15.896); τὰ κατὰ κ. νουσήματα diseases of the thoracic cavity, Hp. Aff. 6.
2. belly, abdomen, Hdt. 2.87, IG 42(1).122.32 (Epid.), etc.: specified as ἡ κάτω κ. Ar. Ra. 485, Hp. Ulc. 3, Pl. Ti. 73a, 85e, Arist. Somn.Vig. 456a3, PA 650a13, etc.; opp. ἡ ἄνω κ., stomach, Pl. Ti. 85e, Arist. PA l.c.; κ. alone freq. = stomach, Id. HA 489a2, etc.; of birds, Id. PA 674b22; also, paunch or rumen of animals, Id. HA 507b5: hence, of gluttons, δουλεύειν τῇ ἑαυτῶν κ. Romans 16:18, cf. Philippians 3:19.
3. intestines, κ. κείνη Hdt. 2.40, cf. 86, 92, etc.; of animals, κ. ὑεία pig's tripe, Ar. Eq. 356; κοιλίας ἥμισυ SIG 1025.51 (Cos, iv/iii B.C.): pl., tripe and puddings, Ar. Eq. 160, Pl. 1169. phrases, κ. σκληρὰν ἔχειν to be costive, Theopomp.Com. 62.2; κατὰ κοιλίαν νοσεῖν Com.Adesp. 730; τὴν κ. λύειν to relax the bowels, Arist. Pr. 863b29, 864b14; αἱ κ. λύονται, ἀναλύονται, ib. 947b13, GA 728a15; εὔλυτοί [εἰσι ] Id. Pr. 876b31; ἐὰν ἡ κ. στῇ Id. HA 588a7; κ. καταρραγεῖσα Hp. Coac. 126; [ οἶνος] κοιλίας μαλακτικός, κοιλίας ἐφεκτικά, Mnesith. ap. Ath. 1.33b, 2.59c; κ. ἐκλύειν, ὑπάγειν, μαλάσσειν, Dsc. 2.72, 163, 171; κ. ῥέουσαι D.S. 5.41.
4. excrement, esp.in pl., κ. συνεστηκυῖαι excrements of firm consistency, Hp. Aër. 10; opp. κ. ἐφυγραινόμεναι Id. Epid. 1.10; κ. ὑγρή Id. Prorrh. 1.38; στερεή, σκληρή, Id. Acut.(Sp.) 56, Epid. 4.23; οὔρησις καὶ κ. ἀχρόως ibid.
II
1. any cavity in the body, ventricle, chamber, as in the lungs, heart, liver, brain, κ. αἱ τὸ πνεῦμα δεχόμεναι καὶ προπέμπουσαι Id. Art. 41; ἡ δὲ καρδία ἔχει μὲν τρεῖς κ. Arist. HA 496a4, cf. 513a27.
2. socket of a bone, Hp. Art. 61.
3. supposed cavities inside the muscles, Erasistr. ap. Gal. 4.375, 707, Antyll. ap. Orib. 8.6.30, 7.9.4; cf. νηδύς.
4. womb, Hp. Mul. 1.38, al., John 3:4.
III any hollow or cavity, in the earth, Arist. Mete. 349b4, 350b23, al.; in the clouds, ib. 369b2, al. perh.finger- tip, Aret. SD 1.8 (pl.).
κοιλία, κοιλίας, ἡ (κοῖλος hollow); the Sept. for בֶּטֶן, the belly; מֵעִים` the bowels; קֶרֶן, the interior, the midst of a thing; רֶחֶם, the womb; the belly: and
1. the whole belly, the entire cavity; hence ἡ ἄνω and ἡ κάτω κοιλία, the upper (i. e. the stomach) and the lower belly are distinguished; very often so in Greek writings from Herodotus down.
2. the lower belly, the alvine region, the receptacle of the excrement (Plutarch, symp. 7, 1, 3 under the end εἴπερ εἰς κοιλίαν ἐχώρει διά στομαχου πᾶν τό πινόμενον): Matthew 15:17; Mark 7:19.
3. the gullet (Latinstomachus): Matthew 12:40; Luke 15:16 (WH Tr marginal reading χορτασθῆναι ἐκ etc.); 1 Corinthians 6:13; Revelation 10:9f; δουλεύειν τῇ κοιλία, to be given up to the pleasures of the palate, to gluttony (see δουλεύω, 2 b.), Romans 16:18; also for ὧν ὁ Θεός ἡ κοιλία, Philippians 3:19; κοιλίας ὄρεξις, Sir. 23:6.
4. the womb, the place where the foetus is conceived and nourished till birth: Luke 1:41f, 44; Luke 2:21; Luke 11:27; Luke 23:29; John 3:4 (very often so in the Sept.; very rarely in secular authors; Epictetus diss. 3, 22, 74; of the uterus of animals, ibid. 2, 16, 43); ἐκ (beginning from (see ἐκ, IV. 1)) κοιλίας μητρός, Matthew 19:12; Luke 1:15; Acts 3:2; Acts 14:8; Galatians 1:15, (for אֵם מִבֶּטֶן, Psalm 21:11
5. in imitation of the Hebrew בֶּטֶן, tropically, the innermost part of a man, the soul, heart, as the seat of thought, feeling, choice (Job 15:35; Job 32:18 (the Sept. γαστήρ); Proverbs 18:8 (the Sept. ψυχή);
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κοιλία , -ας , ἡ
(< κοῖλος , hollow),
[in LXX chiefly for H990, H4578, H7130, Deuteronomy 7:13, 2 Samuel 7:12, Genesis 41:21, al.; also (Job 3:11; Job 10:18; Job 31:15; Job 38:8) for H7358;]
1. the belly (stomach or intestines or both): Matthew 12:40; Matthew 15:17, Mark 7:19, Luke 15:16, Romans 16:18, 1 Corinthians 6:13, Philippians 3:19, Revelation 10:9-10.
2. (As often in LXX) the womb: Luke 1:41-42; Luke 1:44; Luke 2:21; Luke 11:27; Luke 23:29, John 3:4; ἐκ κ . μητρός (cf. Psalms 22:11, Job 1:21, al.), Matthew 19:12, Luke 1:15, Acts 3:2; Acts 14:8, Galatians 1:15.
3. Metaph. (as Heb. H990, cf. Job 15:35, Proverbs 20:27, Sirach 19:12), of the heart: John 7:38.†
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For κοιλία (MGr κοιλιά) ";belly,"; ";abdomen,"; it is sufficient to cite P Magd 33.4 (B.C. 221) κατέκαυσεν τήν τε κοιλίαν καὶ τὸν ἀριστερὸν μηρόν, P Leid Uii. 16 (ii/B.C.) (= I. p. 124) πεσόντα ἐπὶ κοιλίαν, P Par 18 bis.18 (Rom.) ἐπιγεγραμμένον ἐπὶ τῆς κοιλίας τὸ ὄνομα αὐτῆς —of a dead body, P Ryl II. 63.8 (astrological—iii/A.D.) Λέοντος κοιλία, and from the inscrr. Syll803.38 (iii/B.C.) ἀνὴρ ἐ [ντὸ ]ς τᾶς κοιλίας ἕλκος ἔχων. For the usage in Philippians 3:19 it is customary to quote Eupolis Κόλακ. Fr. 172 (Kock I.) κοιλιοδαίμων, ";a devotee of the belly,"; and for the deeper, inner sense, which the word has in John 7:38, see the passages from the LXX cited in Grimm-Thayer. An interesting ex. of κοίλωμα = ";hollow,"; as in the LXX, occurs in P Petr II. 13 (18a).13 (B.C. 258–3) where preparations are made—ι ̣̓́ν ̣α ̣ ἀναχωσθῆι καὶ ὁμαλισθῇ τὰ κοιλώμα [τα ] πρὸ [τοῦ ] τὸν βασιλέα παραγενέσθαι, ";that the excavation may be filled up and levelled before the king arrives"; ( Ed. ) : cf. Luke 3:5.
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