בֶּטֶן
beṭen · beh'-ten
the belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anything
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root probably meaning to be hollow;
the belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anything
- the belly, especially the womb
- also, the bosom or body of anything
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: belly, body, [phrase] as they be born, [phrase] within, womb.
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- טTet9
Picture: a basket, or something coiled
- Concrete
- basket · coil · snake · container
- Extended
- to surround · to contain · to store · to twist
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › to surround and contain › the seed, life continuing
The house, what is within that works to surround and contain of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בֶּטֶן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
72 occurrences · 72 OT · 0 NT · 56 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of thy body5 · 10%
- from the womb5 · 10%
- womb5 · 10%
- of the belly5 · 10%
- of the womb3 · 6%
- his belly2 · 4%
- of his belly2 · 4%
- belly2 · 4%
- thee from the womb2 · 4%
- me from the womb2 · 4%
- are in thy womb1 · 2%
- in her womb1 · 2%
- were in her womb1 · 2%
- and thy belly1 · 2%
- to make thy belly1 · 2%
- and her belly1 · 2%
- of thy womb1 · 2%
- of thine own body1 · 2%
- it into his belly1 · 2%
- out of his belly1 · 2%
- the belly1 · 2%
- of my mother's womb1 · 2%
- and their belly1 · 2%
- sake of mine own body1 · 2%
- in his belly1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.