# κοιλία (koilia) Strong’s G2836. 22 New Testament occurrences. belly, abdomen, heart, a general term covering any organ in the abdomen, e.g. stomach, womb; met: the inner man. Lexicon: Dodson, public domain. Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/greek/koilia-g2836 ## Occurrences - [Matthew 12:40](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/matthew/12/40) — For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. - [Matthew 15:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/matthew/15/17) — Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught? - [Matthew 19:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/matthew/19/12) — For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother’s womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, whic… - [Mark 7:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/mark/7/19) — Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats? - [Luke 1:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/luke/1/15) — For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother… - [Luke 1:41](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/luke/1/41) — And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost: - [Luke 1:42](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/luke/1/42) — And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. - [Luke 1:44](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/luke/1/44) — For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy. - [Luke 2:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/luke/2/21) — And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in… - [Luke 11:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/luke/11/27) — And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and t… - [Luke 15:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/luke/15/16) — And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him. - [Luke 23:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/luke/23/29) — For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck. - [John 3:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/john/3/4) — Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born? - [John 7:38](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/john/7/38) — He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. - [Acts 3:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/acts/3/2) — And a certain man lame from his mother’s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that e… - [Acts 14:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/acts/14/8) — And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother’s womb, who never had walked: - [Romans 16:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/romans/16/18) — For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple. - [1 Corinthians 6:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-corinthians/6/13) — Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for t… - [Galatians 1:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/galatians/1/15) — But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace, - [Philippians 3:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/philippians/3/19) — Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.) - [Revelation 10:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/revelation/10/9) — And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it… - [Revelation 10:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/revelation/10/10) — And I took the little book out of the angel’s hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.