κοιλία, κοιλίας, ἡ (κοῖλος hollow); the Sept. for αΖΜθΖο, the belly; ξΕςΔιν` the bowels; χΖψΖο, the interior, the midst of a thing; ψΖηΖν, the womb; the belly: and 1. the whole belly, the entire cavity; hence ἡ ἄνω and ἡ κάτω κοιλία, 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 εἴπερ εἰς κοιλίαν ἐχώρει διά στομαχου πᾶν τό πινόμενον): Mat_15:17; Mar_7:19. 3. the gullet (Latinstomachus): Mat_12:40; Luk_15:16 (WH Tr marginal reading χορτασθῆναι ἐκ etc.); 1Co_6:13; Rev_10:9 f; δουλεύειν τῇ κοιλία, to be given up to the pleasures of the palate, to gluttony (see δουλεύω, 2 b.), Rom_16:18; also for ὧν ὁ Θεός ἡ κοιλία, Php_3:19; κοιλίας ὄρεξις, Sir_23:6. 4. the womb, the place where the foetus is conceived and nourished till birth: Luke 1:41 f, 44 ; Luk_2:21; Luk_11:27; Luk_23:29; Joh_3:4 (very often so in the Sept.; very rarely in secular authors; Epictetus diss. 3, 22, 74; of the uterus of animals, ibid. 2, 16, 43); ἐκ (beginning from (see ἐκ, IV. 1)) κοιλίας μητρός, Mat_19:12; Luk_1:15; Act_3:2; Act_14:8; Gal_1:15, (for ΰΕν ξΔαΖΜθΖο, Psa_21:11 (); (); Job_1:21; Isa_49:1; Jdg_16:17 (the Vaticanus manuscript, ἀπό κοιλίας μητρός; cf. Winer's Grammar, 33 (32))). 5. in imitation of the Hebrew αΖΜθΖο, tropically, the innermost part of a man, the soul, heart, as the seat of thought, feeling, choice (Job_15:35; Job_32:18 (the Sept. γαστήρ); Pro_18:8 (the Sept. ψυχή); (the Sept. σπλάγχνα); Hab_3:16; Sir_19:12 Sir_51:21): Joh_7:38.

κοιλία koilia 22x a cavity; the belly, Mat_15:17 ; Mar_7:19 ; the stomach, Mat_12:40 ; Luk_15:16 ; the womb, Mat_19:12 ; Luk_1:15 ; from the Hebrew, the inner self, Joh_7:38 appetite; belly; stomach; womb.

κοιλία , -ας , ἡ ( < κοῖλος , hollow), [in LXX chiefly for H990 , H4578 , H7130 , Deu_7:13 , 2Sa_7:12 , Gen_41:21 , al. ; also ( Job_3:11 ; Job_10:18 ; Job_31:15 ; Job_38:8 ) for H7358 ;] 1. the belly (stomach or intestines or both): Mat_12:40 ; Mat_15:17 , Mar_7:19 , Luk_15:16 , Rom_16:18 , 1Co_6:13 , Php_3:19 , Rev_10:9-10 . 2. (As often in LXX ) the womb: Luk_1:41-42 ; Luk_1:44 ; Luk_2:21 ; Luk_11:27 ; Luk_23:29 , Joh_3:4 ; ἐκ κ . μητρός ( cf. Psa_22:11 , Job_1:21 , al. ), Mat_19:12 , Luk_1:15 , Act_3:2 ; Act_14:8 , Gal_1:15 . 3. Metaph . (as Heb . H990 , cf. Job_15:35 , Pro_20:27 , Sir_19:12 ), of the heart: Joh_7:38 .†

κοιλία [page 349] For κοιλία (MGr κοιλιά ) belly, abdomen, it is sufficient to cite P Magd 33 .4 (B.C. 221) κατέκαυσεν τήν τε κοιλίαν καὶ τὸν ἀριστερὸν μηρόν , P Leid U ii. 16 (ii/B.C.) (= I. p. 124) πεσόντα ἐπὶ κοιλίαν , P Par 18 bis .18 (Rom.) ἐπιγεγραμμένον ἐπὶ τῆς κοιλίας τὸ ὄνομα αὐτῆς of a dead body, P Ryl II. 63 .8 (astrological iii/A.D.) Λέοντος κοιλία , and from the inscrr. Syll 803 .38 (iii/B.C.) ἀνὴρ ἐ [ντὸ ]ς τᾶς κοιλίας ἕλκος ἔχων . For the usage in Php_3:19 it is customary to quote Eupolis Κόλακ . Fr. 172 (Kock I.) κοιλιοδαίμων , a devotee of the belly, and for the deeper, inner sense, which the word has in Joh_7:38 , see the passages from the LXX cited in Grimm-Thayer. An interesting ex. of κοίλωμα = hollow, as in the LXX, occurs in P Petr II. 13 (18 a ) .13 (B.C. 258 3) where preparations are made ἴ̣ν̣α̣ ἀναχωσθῆι καὶ ὁμαλισθῇ τὰ κοιλώμα [τα ] πρὸ [τοῦ ] τὸν βασιλέα παραγενέσθαι , that the excavation may be filled up and levelled before the king arrives ( Ed. ) : cf. Luk_3:5 .

κοιλία κοιλία, ἡ, [Etym: κοῖλος] "the large cavity of the body, the belly", Lat. venter, Hdt. , Ar. , etc. "the intestines, bowels", Hdt. ; κ. ὑεία pig's "tripe", Ar. ; in pl. "tripe and puddings", id=Ar.

κοιλία, -ας, ἡ (κοῖλος, hollow), [in LXX chiefly for בֶּטֶן, מֵעֶה, קֶרֶב, Deu.7:13, 2Ki.7:12, Gen.41:21, al.; also (Job.3:11 10:18 31:15 38:8) for רֶחֶם ;] __1. the belly (stomach or intestines or both): Mat.12:40 15:17, Mrk.7:19, Luk.15:16, Rom.16:18, 1Co.6:13, Php.3:19, Rev.10:9-10. __2. (As often in LXX) the womb: Luk.1:41-42, 44 2:21 11:27 23:29, Jhn.3:4; ἐκ κ. μητρός (cf. Psa.22:11, Job.1:21, al.), Mat.19:12, Luk.1:15, Act.3:2 14:8, Gal.1:15. __3. Metaphorical (as Heb. בֶּטֶן, cf. Job.15:35, Pro.20:27, Sir.19:12), of the heart: Jhn.7:38.† (AS)