Strong's H4578 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: מֵעֶה (mêʻeh)

Pronunciation: may-aw'

Morphology: n-m

Derivation: from an unused root probably meaning to be soft

Definition: used only in plural the intestines, or (collectively) the abdomen, figuratively, sympathy; by implication, a vest; by extension the stomach, the uterus (or of men, the seat of generation), the heart (figuratively)

KJV Renderings: belly, bowels, [idiom] heart, womb

Senses

1. internal organs, inward parts, bowels, intestines, belly
   1. inward parts
   2. digestive organs
   3. organs of procreation, womb
   4. place of emotions or distress or love (fig.)
   5. external belly

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