מֵעֶה meeh

Hebrew word for “belly” · Strong’s H4578 · used 32 times in 30 verses

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Meaning

1) internal organs, inward parts, bowels, intestines, belly;

How it is translated

Glosses given for meeh in context, with how often each is used:

• inward parts 25
• bowels 5
• lower parts 2

Where it is used

Also in 1 more book.

Chapters where it is used most

2 Chronicles 21 (3), Song of Solomon 5 (2), Genesis 15 (1), Genesis 25 (1), Numbers 5 (1), Ruth 1 (1), 2 Samuel 7 (1), 2 Samuel 16 (1), 2 Samuel 20 (1), 2 Chronicles 32 (1)

Forms

• מעי 9
• ממעי 4
• מעיו 4
• מעיך 4
• ממעיך 3
• במעי 2
• במעיו 2
• במעיך 1
• ומעי 1
• ומעיך 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with meeh more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• בֶּטֶן beten “belly” 5
• הָמָה hamah “to roar” 4
• חֳלִי choli “sickness” 3
• מָלֵא male “to fill” 4
• חָמַר chamar “to aggitate” 2
• שָׁפַךְ shaphakh “to pour” 3
• יָצָא yatsa “to come out” 5
• יוֹנָה yonah “Jonah” 2
• קֶרֶב qerev “entrails” 3
• אֲבִישַׁי avishay “Abishai” 2
• פָּרַד parad “to separate” 2
• לְאֹם leom “people” 2

Key verses

The verses using meeh that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 25:23 — And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than…
• 2 Samuel 7:12 — And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will…
• 2 Samuel 16:11 — And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, which came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more now may this Benjamite do it?…
• 2 Chronicles 32:21 — And the LORD sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with…
• Psalms 22:14 — I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
• Psalms 40:8 — I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
• Isaiah 49:1 — Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.
• Isaiah 63:15 — Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of…
• Jeremiah 4:19 — My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the…
• Jeremiah 31:20 — Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I…
• Lamentations 1:20 — Behold, O LORD; for I am in distress: my bowels are troubled; mine heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroad the sword bereaveth, at…
• Lamentations 2:11 — Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.