Meaning:belly, abdomen, heart, a general term covering any organ in the abdomen, e.g. stomach, womb; met: the inner man. Word Origin:Derived from the Greek word "koilos," meaning "hollow" or "cavity." Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries:-H990 (בֶּטֶן, beten):Often ...
the wild animals, but a term not applicable to reptiles--it has been supposed that the serpent was originally erect and beautiful, and that Adam had even tamed serpents, and had them in his household. But such a transformation belongs to the region of fable, and the meaning is that hencef...
To swell. The Hebrew zabeh is not of quite certain meaning, but probably this. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrewthen the priestהַכֹּהֵ֥ן (hak·kō·hên)Article | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 3548: Priestshall have the womanהָֽאִשָּׁה...
—The meaning of this clause is excessively doubtful, because the Hebrew word rendered “dirt” (parsedonah) occurs here and here only. (1) Our E.V. follows the Chaldee and the Vulgate with the alternative rendering (2) “it came out at the fundament” (marg.), which is the view of...
known to him at that time. The disguise, which served the purposes of evil, was overruled to serve the purposes of good; clothed in the same disguise, the sentence upon the evil one became a parable, which only yielded its true meaning by degrees, as redeemed man was able to bear it....
The application of symbolic language in ascribing meaning to traumatic events is particularly significant, and may help us derive new layers of meaning from the words placed into the mouth of the prophet who finds himself in the belly of Sheol. Keywords: trauma hermeneutics; Jonah 2; the book ...