2001 Translation

KOILIAN, koilian

Sounds Like: koy-lee-AN

Translations: belly, a belly, womb, a womb, stomach, a stomach, intestines, a gut

From the root: ΚΟΙΛΙΑ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to the belly, stomach, or intestines. It can also metaphorically refer to the womb, as the place of conception and birth. In some contexts, it can denote the inner being or the seat of emotions. It is used to describe the physical abdomen or the internal organs.

Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G2836 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Codex Sinaiticus

• Numbers — 5:27
• Proverbs — 18:20
• Jeremiah — 4:19, 28:34
• Matthew — 15:17
• Mark — 7:19
• John — 3:4
• Revelation — 10:9

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 3 — 11:273

Justin Martyr

• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 103:8

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Exodus — 29:22
• Leviticus — 3:3, 3:14, 8:21, 9:14
• Numbers — 5:21, 5:22, 5:27
• 2 Chronicles — 21:18
• 2 Maccabees — 7:22, 10:4
• Psalms of Solomon — 2:15
• Proverbs — 18:20
• Jeremiah — 4:19, 28:34

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Matthew — 15:17
• Mark — 7:19
• Luke — 15:16
• John — 3:4
• Revelation — 10:9

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΟΙΛΙΑ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ἘΝΚΟΙΛΙΑ — inwards, entrails, intestines
• ΕΝΚΟΙΛΙΑ — belly, womb, stomach, a belly, a womb, a stomach
• ΚΟΙ — belly, womb, stomach, inner being, a belly, a womb, a stomach
• ΚΟΙΛ — belly, a belly, womb, a womb, stomach, inward parts, a stomach
• ΚΟΙΛΙΑ — belly, a belly, womb, a womb, stomach, intestines, inner being, of the belly, to the belly
• ΚΟΙΛΙΑΙ — bellies, wombs, stomachs, intestines, appetites
• ΚΟΙΛΙΑΣ — of the belly, of the womb, of the stomach, of the innermost being

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