1. Womb / belly (internal body cavity) — The stomach or womb as an internal body cavity, used both for the gestational organ (conception/pregnancy contexts) and the abdomen as seat of appetite. The singular dative (8x) and nominative plural (1x) forms are grammatical inflections of one meaning. Translations converge across languages: Spanish 'vientre/vientres' (belly/bellies), Hindi 'गर्भ' (womb) and 'पेत' (stomach), Arabic 'بَطن/بُطون' (belly singular/plural), Korean '배/태' (stomach/womb), Swahili 'tumbo/matumbo' and 'mimba' (stomach/stomachs and pregnancy). The Swahili pair tumbo/matumbo is a classic singular-plural noun class alternation (N-class). Most occurrences refer to pregnancy ('having in the womb,' Matt 1:18, Luke 1:31), while Titus 1:12 uses the plural metaphorically for gluttony. 9×
AR["البَطْنِ","الحوامِلِ","بَطنٍ","بَطْنٍ","بَطْنِكِ","بُطونٌ"]·ben["গর্ভে","পেট"]·DE["Leib","Mutterleib"]·EN["bellies","the-womb","womb"]·FR["ventre"]·heb["בֶּטֶן","בֶטֶן","הָרוֹת"]·HI["गर्भ","गर्भ-में","पेत"]·ID["hamil","kandungan","kandunganmu","mengandung","perut-perut"]·IT["gasteres","gastri"]·jav["guwa-garba","guwa-garba,","ngandhut","padharan","weteng","wetengan"]·KO["배-에","배들이","배에","태-","태-에"]·PT["em-ventre","ventre","ventres"]·RU["во-чреве","утробы","чреве"]·ES["vientre","vientres"]·SW["matumbo","mimba","mjamzito","na","tumbo","wajawazito"]·TR["karnında","karında","karınlar","karınlarında"]·urd["پیٹ","پیٹ-سے","پیٹ-میں"]
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
γαστήρ, ἡ, genitive έρος, γαστρός: dative -έρι, γαστρί (the longer forms in Epic dialect, Lyric poetry, and once in Trag., Refs 5th c.BC+: dative plural γαστῆρσι Refs 5th c.BC+:—paunch, belly, Refs 8th c.BC+; γ. ἀσπίδος the hollow of a shield, Refs 7th c.BC+; belly or wide part of a bottle, Refs 5th c.BC+ __2 the belly, as craving food, κέλεται δέ ἑ γ. Refs 8th c.BC+; γαστέρι δ᾽ οὔ πως ἔστι νέκυν…