H4578 מעה - Strong's Hebrew Lexicon Number


מעה
mê‛eh
may-aw'
From an unused root probably meaning to be soft; used only in plural the intestines, or (collectively) the abdomen, figuratively sympathy; by implication a vest; by extension the stomach, the uterus (or of men, the seat of generation), the heart (figuratively)

KJV Usage: belly, bowels, X heart, womb.


Brown-Driver-Briggs' Hebrew Definitions

BDB4752
BDB9676

מעה

1. internal organs, inward parts, bowels, intestines, belly
a. inward parts
b. digestive organs
c. organs of procreation, womb
d. place of emotions or distress or love (fig.)
e. external belly
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be soft
TWOT: 1227a
Parts of Speech: Noun Masculine

TBESH:
מֵעֶה
me.eh
H:N-M
belly
1) internal organs, inward parts, bowels, intestines, belly
1a) inward parts
1b) digestive organs
1c) organs of procreation, womb
1d) place of emotions or distress or love (fig.)
1e) external belly

View how H4578 מעה is used in the Bible

First 30 of 32 occurrences of H4578 מעה

Genesis 15:4 out of thine own bowels
Genesis 25:23 from thy bowels;
Numbers 5:22 into thy bowels,
Ruth 1:11 in my womb,
2 Samuel 7:12 out of thine own bowels,
2 Samuel 16:11 from mine own bowels,
2 Samuel 20:10 his bowels
2 Chronicles 21:15 of thy bowels,
2 Chronicles 21:15 until thy bowels
2 Chronicles 21:18 him in his bowels
2 Chronicles 21:19 his bowels
2 Chronicles 32:21 from his own bowels
Job 20:14 in his body
Job 30:27 My bowels
Psalms 22:14 within me.
Psalms 40:8 my bowels.
Psalms 71:6 womb:
Song of Songs 5:4 of the door, and my bowels
Song of Songs 5:14 his belly
Isaiah 16:11 Therefore my bowels
Isaiah 48:19 of thy bowels
Isaiah 49:1 from the bowels
Isaiah 63:15 of thy bowels
Jeremiah 4:19 My bowels,
Jeremiah 4:19 my bowels!
Jeremiah 31:20 him still: therefore my bowels
Lamentations 1:20 my bowels
Lamentations 2:11 my bowels
Ezekiel 3:3 thy body
Ezekiel 7:19 their stomachs:

Distinct usage

3 My bowels
2 his bowels
2 of thy bowels
1 into thy bowels,
1 in my womb,
1 of thy bowels,
1 until thy bowels
1 him in his bowels
1 in his body
1 within me.
1 womb:
1 his belly
1 thy body
1 was in the belly
1 belly,
1 their stomachs:
1 my bowels.
1 of the door, and my bowels
1 Therefore my bowels
1 My bowels,
1 my bowels!
1 him still: therefore my bowels
1 out of thine own bowels,
1 from mine own bowels,
1 out of thine own bowels
1 from his own bowels
1 from the bowels
1 from thy bowels;

Corresponding Greek Words

meim G2836 koilia


Related words

H4578

H4577 מעא מעה me ‛âh me ‛â'
מעא מעה
me ‛âh me ‛â'
meh-aw', meh-aw'
(Chaldee); corresponding to H4578; only in plural the bowels

KJV Usage: belly.


H4579 מעה mê‛âh
מעה
mê‛âh
may-aw'
Feminine of H4578; the belly, that is, (figuratively) interior

KJV Usage: gravel.


H4597 מעי mâ‛ay
מעי
mâ‛ay
maw-ah'ee
Probably from H4578; sympathetic; Maai, an Israelite

KJV Usage: Maai.