# בֶּטֶן (beten)

Israeli respelling: be-ten. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H990. 72 Old Testament occurrences.

the belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anything

King James renderings: belly, body, [phrase] as they be born, [phrase] within, womb.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/beten-h990

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 25:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 sh…
- [Genesis 25:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/25/24) — And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.
- [Genesis 30:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/30/2) — And Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God’s stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?
- [Genesis 38:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/38/27) — And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins were in her womb.
- [Numbers 5:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/5/21) — Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, The LORD make thee a curse and an…
- [Numbers 5:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/5/22) — And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot: And the woman shall say,…
- [Numbers 5:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/5/27) — And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her husba…
- [Deuteronomy 7:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/7/13) — And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, an…
- [Deuteronomy 28:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/28/4) — Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks…
- [Deuteronomy 28:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/28/11) — And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground,…
- [Deuteronomy 28:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/28/18) — Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.
- [Deuteronomy 28:53](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/28/53) — And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the LORD thy God hath given thee, in the…
- [Deuteronomy 30:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/30/9) — And the LORD thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in…
- [Judges 3:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/3/21) — And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly:
- [Judges 3:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/3/22) — And the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade, so that he could not draw the dagger out of his belly; and th…
- [Judges 13:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/13/5) — For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb…
- [Judges 13:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/13/7) — But he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, neither eat any unclean thing: fo…
- [Judges 16:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/16/17) — That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my…
- [1 Kings 7:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/7/20) — And the chapiters upon the two pillars had pomegranates also above, over against the belly which was by the network: and the pomegranates w…
- [Job 1:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 t…
- [Job 3:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/3/10) — Because it shut not up the doors of my mother’s womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes.
- [Job 3:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/3/11) — Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?
- [Job 10:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/10/19) — I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.
- [Job 15:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/15/2) — Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
- [Job 15:35](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/15/35) — They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.
- [Job 19:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/19/17) — My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children’s sake of mine own body.
- [Job 20:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/20/15) — He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.
- [Job 20:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/20/20) — Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.
- [Job 20:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/20/23) — When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.
- [Job 31:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/31/15) — Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
- [Job 31:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/31/18) — (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother’s womb;)
- [Job 32:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/32/18) — For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me.
- [Job 32:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/32/19) — Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles.
- [Job 38:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/38/29) — Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
- [Job 40:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/40/16) — Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.
- [Psalms 17:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 hi…
- [Psalms 22:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/22/9) — But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother’s breasts.
- [Psalms 22:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/22/10) — I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother’s belly.
- [Psalms 31:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/31/9) — Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.
- [Psalms 44:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/44/25) — For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
- [Psalms 58:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/58/3) — The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.
- [Psalms 71:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/71/6) — By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother’s bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee.
- [Psalms 127:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/127/3) — Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
- [Psalms 132:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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.
- [Psalms 139:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/139/13) — For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.
- [Proverbs 13:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/13/25) — The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want.
- [Proverbs 18:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/18/8) — The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
- [Proverbs 18:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/18/20) — A man’s belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.
- [Proverbs 20:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/20/27) — The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
- [Proverbs 20:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/20/30) — The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.
- [Proverbs 22:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/22/18) — For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
- [Proverbs 26:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/26/22) — The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
- [Proverbs 31:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/31/2) — What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son of my vows?
- [Ecclesiastes 5:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/5/15) — As he came forth of his mother’s womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry awa…
- [Ecclesiastes 11:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/11/5) — As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest no…
- [Song of Solomon 7:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/song-of-solomon/7/2) — Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies.
- [Isaiah 13:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/13/18) — Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare childre…
- [Isaiah 44:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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,…
- [Isaiah 44:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 h…
- [Isaiah 46:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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…
- [Isaiah 48:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 t…
- [Isaiah 49:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 mad…
- [Isaiah 49:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 sha…
- [Isaiah 49:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/49/15) — Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forg…
- [Jeremiah 1:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 prophe…
- [Ezekiel 3:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/3/3) — And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it was…
- [Hosea 9:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/9/11) — As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception.
- [Hosea 9:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/9/16) — Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the beloved fruit…
- [Hosea 12:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/12/3) — He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:
- [Jonah 2:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jonah/2/2) — And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice.
- [Micah 6:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/micah/6/7) — Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, th…
- [Habakkuk 3:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 re…