Stomach
קֵבָהStrong’s H6896qevah (qe-vah)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Qevah is the Hebrew word usually translated “stomach”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“And this shall be the priest’s due from the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep; and they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw.”
Meaning
- Stomach, belly, mawstomach (of sacrificial victim) · belly (of woman)
How it's translated
- and the stomach 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Deuteronomy 1
1 book in all.
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Hebrew dictionary
קֵבָה qevah · stomach
1) stomach, belly, maw 1a) stomach (of sacrificial victim) 1b) belly (of woman)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “stomach” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
STOMACH, noun
[Latin]
- In animal bodies, a membranous receptacle, the organ of digestion, in which food is prepared for entering into the several parts of the body for its nourishment.
- Appetite; the desire of food caused by hunger; as a good stomach for roast beef. [A popular use of the word.]
- Inclination; liking.
- Anger; violence of temper.
All definitions and other forms of “stomach”
- Sullenness; resentment; willful obstinacy; stubbornness.
- Pride; haughtiness.
STOMACH, verb transitive
[Latin]
- To resent; to remember with anger.
- To brook; to bear without open resentment or without opposition. [Not elegant.]
STOMACH, verb intransitive
To be angry. [Not in use.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.