κοιλία

koiliva koiliva,
koiliva",
hJ (
koi'lo" hollow); the Septuagint for @f,B,, the belly; !y[ime` the bowels; @r,q,, the interior, the midst of a thing; !j,r,, the womb; the belly: and1. the whole belly, the entire cavity; hence
hJ
a[nw and
hJ
kavtw
koiliva, the upper (i. e. the stomach) and the lower belly are distinguished; very often so in Greek writings from Herodotus down.2. the lower belly, the alvine region, the receptacle of the excrement (Plutarch, symp. 7, 1, 3 under the end
ei[per
eij"
koilivan
ejcwvrei
diav
stomacou
pa'n
tov
pinovmenon): ; .3. the gullet (Latin stomachus): ; (WH Tr marginal reading
cortasqh'nai
ejk etc.); ; f;
douleuvein
th'/
koiliva, to be given up to the pleasures of the palate, to gluttony (see
douleuvw, 2 b.), ; also for
w|n
oJ
Qeov"
hJ
koiliva, ;
koiliva"
o[rexi", .4. the womb, the place where the foetus is conceived and nourished till birth: f,44; ; ; ; (very often so in the Septuagint; very rarely in secular authors; Epictetus diss. 3, 22, 74; of the uterus of animals, ibid. 2, 16, 43);
ejk (beginning from (see
ejk, IV. 1))
koiliva"
mhtrov", ; ; ; ; , (for !ae @f,B,mi, (); (); ; ; (the Vaticanus manuscript,
ajpov
koiliva"
mhtrov"; cf. Winer's Grammar, 33 (32))).5. in imitation of the Hebrew @f,B,, tropically, the innermost part of a man, the soul, heart, as the seat of thought, feeling, choice (; (the Septuagint
gasthvr); (the Septuagint
yuchv); , ; (the Septuagint
splavgcna); ; ; ): .*