קֵבָה
qêbâh · H6896 · Hebrew · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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stomach, belly
Part of body; located in abdomen; location for the storage of food; sometimes used in a less exact sense to refer to the belly
ExamplesNumbers 25:8 and he went after the man of Israel into the inner room of the tent and pierced both of them, the man of Israel and the woman, through the abdomen. So the plague on the sons of Israel was brought to a halt.
Deuteronomy 18:3 Now this shall be the priests’ portion from the people, from those who offer a sacrifice, either an ox or a sheep: they shall give the priest the shoulder, the two cheeks, and the stomach.
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- הּher 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- נָתַןto give, to put, to set 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- אֵלto, toward 2
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- מֵעֶה mêʻeh · H4578 · bowels, interior, belly
- Hebrew מֵעֶה refers to the internal organs/intestines and could substitute for קֵבָה in anatomical contexts, though מֵעֶה is broader (any internal organ) while קֵבָה specifically denotes the ruminant's fourth stomach.
In the other Testament 1 word
- κοιλία koilía · G2836 · belly, internal organs, womb
- Greek κοιλία is the standard term for the internal abdominal cavity and digestive organs, serving as the natural translation equivalent for Hebrew קֵבָה (the fourth stomach/maw of ruminants) in contexts describing animal anatomy.
Word family 5 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H6896. qebah קֵבָה, suffix קֳבָתָהּ (Köl.c. compare Ges§ 10h) noun feminine stomach,…
קֵבָה, suffix קֳבָתָהּ (Köl.c. compare Ges§ 10h)
noun feminine stomach, belly; —
1 absolute ׳הַקּ fo sacrificial victim, assigned to priest Deu 18:3, ᵐ5 τὸ ἔνυστρον, i.e. fourth stomach of ruminants (compare Dr), ᵑ9 ventriculum.
2 suffix of woman, apparently more Generally, belly Num 25:8 (P).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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