בֶּטֶן beten

Hebrew word for “belly” · Strong’s H990 · used 72 times in 72 verses

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Meaning

: womb/pregnancy; 1) belly, womb, body;

Senses in the lexicon

• belly: womb (46)
• belly: abdomen (16)
• belly: body (9)
• belly: hump (1)

How it is translated

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

• belly 36
• womb 34
• masc womb 1
• bulge 1

Where it is used

Also in 5 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Deuteronomy 28 (4), Numbers 5 (3), Job 20 (3), Isaiah 49 (3), Genesis 25 (2), Judges 3 (2), Judges 13 (2), Job 3 (2), Job 15 (2), Job 31 (2)

Forms

• מבטן 16
• בטנך 10
• בטן 8
• בטני 7
• בבטן 5
• הבטן 4
• בטנו 4
• בבטנך 2
• בבטנה 2
• בטנה 2

Words used with it

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

• פְּרִי peri “fruit” 13
• אֵם em “mother” 9
• רֶחֶם rechem “womb” 5
• מֵעֶה meeh “belly” 5
• יָלַד yalad “to beget” 8
• מָלֵא male “to fill” 6
• יָרֵךְ yarekh “thigh” 4
• חֶדֶר cheder “chamber” 4
• עַשְׁתָּרוֹת ashterah “young” 3
• שֶׁגֶר sheger “offspring” 3
• אֶלֶף eleph “cattle” 3
• יָצַר yatsar “to form” 4

Key verses

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

• Job 1:21 — And said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.
• Psalms 17:14 — From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid they are full of…
• Psalms 127:3 — Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
• Psalms 132:11 — The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.
• Isaiah 44:2 — Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.
• Isaiah 44:24 — Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that…
• Isaiah 46:3 — Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb:
• Isaiah 48:8 — Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time that thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and…
• 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 49:5 — And now, saith the LORD that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in…
• Jeremiah 1:5 — Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
• Habakkuk 3:16 — When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of…

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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.