Belly - Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Belly

[ 1,,G2836, koilia ]
from koilos, hollow" (Lat., coelum, "heaven," is connected), denotes the entire physical cavity, but most frequently was used to denote "the womb." In John 7:38 it stands metaphorically for the innermost part of man, the soul, the heart. See WOMB.

[ 2,,G1064, gaster ]
(cp. Eng., "gastritis"), is used much as No. 1, but in Titus 1:12, by synecdoche (a figure of speech in which the part is put for the whole, or vice versa), it is used to denote "gluttons," RV, for AV, "bellies." See GLUTTON, WOMB.

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words