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In the New Testament, it is often used metaphorically to describe physical desires or appetites, as well as the literal womb in the context of childbirth or lineage.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Greek culture, the belly was often seen as the seat of physical desires and appetites. The concept of the womb was also significant, as it was associated with fertility, lineage, and the continuation of family heritage. In Jewish culture, the womb was revered as the place where God's creative work began, and it was often associated with God's blessings of offspring.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>of uncertain origin<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>the belly<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>child* (4), gluttons (1), pregnant (3), womb (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 1064: γαστήρ</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">γαστήρ</span></span>, <span class="greek2">γαστρός</span> (poetic, <span class="greek2">γαστερος</span>), <span class="greek2">ἡ</span>, in Greek authors from <span class="abbreviation">Homer</span> down; in the <span class="manuref">Sept.</span> for <span class="hebrew">בֶּטֶן</span>; <p><span class="textheading">1.</span> <span class="accented">the belly</span>; by metonymy, of the whole for a part, <p><span class="textheading">2.</span> Latin<span class="latin">uterus</span>, <span class="accented">the womb</span>: <span class="greek2">ἐν</span> <span class="greek2">γαστρί</span> <span class="greek2">ἔχειν</span> <span class="accented">to be with child</span>) see <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">ἔχω</span></span>, I. 1 b.): <a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-18.htm">Matthew 1:18, 23</a>; <a href="/interlinear/matthew/24-19.htm">Matthew 24:19</a>; <a href="/interlinear/mark/13-17.htm">Mark 13:17</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/21-23.htm">Luke 21:23</a>; <a href="/interlinear/1_thessalonians/5-3.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:3</a>; <a href="/interlinear/revelation/12-2.htm">Revelation 12:2</a>; (in the <span class="manuref">Sept.</span> for <span class="hebrew">הָרָה</span>, <a href="/interlinear/genesis/16-4.htm">Genesis 16:4</a>; <a href="/interlinear/genesis/38-25.htm">Genesis 38:25</a>; <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/7-14.htm">Isaiah 7:14</a>, etc.; <span class="abbreviation">Herodotus</span> 3, 32 and vit. <span class="abbreviation">Homer</span> 2; <span class="abbreviation">Artemidorus</span> Daldianus, oneir. 2, 18, p. 105; 3, 32, p. 177; <span class="abbreviation">Pausanias</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Herodian</span>, others); <span class="greek2">συλλαμβάνεσθαι</span> <span class="greek2">ἐν</span> <span class="greek2">γαστρί</span> to conceive, become pregnant, <a href="/interlinear/luke/1-31.htm">Luke 1:31</a>. <p><span class="textheading">3.</span> <span class="accented">the stomach</span>; by synecdoche <span class="accented">a glutton, gormandizer,</span> a man who is as it were all stomach, <span class="abbreviation">Hesiod</span> theog. 26 (so also <span class="greek2">γάστρις</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Aristophanes</span> av. 1604; <span class="abbreviation">Aelian</span> v. h. 1, 28; and Latin<span class="latin">venter</span> in <span class="abbreviation">Lucil.</span> sat. 2, 24 edition Gerl. 'vivite ventres'): <span class="greek2">γαστέρες</span> <span class="greek2">ἀργαί</span>, <a href="/interlinear/titus/1-12.htm">Titus 1:12</a>; see <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">ἀργός</span></span>, b.<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>belly, womb. <p>Of uncertain derivation; the stomach; by analogy, the matrix; figuratively, a gourmand -- belly, + with child, womb. <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>γαστέρα γαστερες γαστέρες γαστήρ γαστρι γαστρί γαστρὶ γαστρός γαυριά γαυρίαμα γαυρωθήσεται εγαυριώντο gasteres gastéres gastri gastrì<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/matthew/1-18.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 1:18</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Feminine Singular">N-DFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">εὑρέθη ἐν <b>γαστρὶ</b> ἔχουσα ἐκ</span><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-18.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> she was found in <span class="itali">womb</span> to have [child] through<p><b><a href="/text/matthew/1-23.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 1:23</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Feminine Singular">N-DFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">παρθένος ἐν <b>γαστρὶ</b> ἕξει καὶ</span><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-23.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> virgin in <span class="itali">womb [child]</span> will have and<p><b><a href="/text/matthew/24-19.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 24:19</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Feminine Singular">N-DFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/24.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ταῖς ἐν <b>γαστρὶ</b> ἐχούσαις καὶ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/24.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> to those <span class="itali">who are pregnant</span> and to those<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/24.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> with <span class="itali">child,</span> and<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/24-19.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> to those that in <span class="itali">womb</span> have [child] and<p><b><a href="/text/mark/13-17.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Mark 13:17</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Feminine Singular">N-DFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/mark/13.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ταῖς ἐν <b>γαστρὶ</b> ἐχούσαις καὶ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/mark/13.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> to those <span class="itali">who are pregnant</span> and to those<br><a href="/kjvs/mark/13.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> with <span class="itali">child,</span> and<br><a href="/interlinear/mark/13-17.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> to those that in <span class="itali">womb</span> have [child] and<p><b><a href="/text/luke/1-31.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 1:31</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Feminine Singular">N-DFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/1.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">συλλήμψῃ ἐν <b>γαστρὶ</b> καὶ τέξῃ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> you will conceive <span class="itali">in your womb</span> and bear<br><a href="/kjvs/luke/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> in <span class="itali">thy womb,</span> and<br><a href="/interlinear/luke/1-31.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> you will conceive in <span class="itali">[your] womb</span> and bring forth<p><b><a href="/text/luke/21-23.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 21:23</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Feminine Singular">N-DFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/21.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ταῖς ἐν <b>γαστρὶ</b> ἐχούσαις καὶ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/21.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> to those <span class="itali">who are pregnant</span> and to those<br><a href="/kjvs/luke/21.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> unto <span class="itali">them that are with child,</span> and<br><a href="/interlinear/luke/21-23.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> to those in <span class="itali">womb</span> having [child] and<p><b><a href="/text/1_thessalonians/5-3.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Thessalonians 5:3</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Feminine Singular">N-DFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_thessalonians/5.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">τῇ ἐν <b>γαστρὶ</b> ἐχούσῃ καὶ</span><br><a href="/kjvs/1_thessalonians/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> upon <span class="itali">a woman with child;</span> and<br><a href="/interlinear/1_thessalonians/5-3.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> to her in <span class="itali">womb</span> is having [child] and<p><b><a href="/text/titus/1-12.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Titus 1:12</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural">N-NFP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/titus/1.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">κακὰ θηρία <b>γαστέρες</b> ἀργαί </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/titus/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> beasts, lazy <span class="itali">gluttons.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/titus/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> beasts, slow <span class="itali">bellies.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/titus/1-12.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> evil wild beasts <span class="itali">gluttons</span> lazy<p><b><a href="/text/revelation/12-2.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Revelation 12:2</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Feminine Singular">N-DFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/12.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">καὶ ἐν <b>γαστρὶ</b> ἔχουσα καὶ</span><br><a href="/kjvs/revelation/12.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> with <span class="itali">child</span> cried,<br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/12-2.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and in <span class="itali">womb</span> having [child] and<p><b><a href="/greek/1064.htm">Strong's Greek 1064</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_1064.htm">9 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/gasteres_1064.htm">γαστέρες — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/gastri_1064.htm">γαστρὶ — 8 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/1063.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1063"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1063" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/1065.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1065"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1065" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>