Hebrew Study
Strong’s Concordance H990
A readable Hebrew dictionary entry from Strong’s Concordance. Definitions help with word study; the meaning in a verse still depends on context.
Word study
- Source
- Strong’s Concordance
- Transliteration
- beten
- Pronunciation
- beh'-ten
- Occurrences
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- Strong’s number
- H990
- Brief meaning
- The belly, especially the womb, also the bosom or body of anything
- Source renderings
- belly, body, + as they be born, + within, womb
- Root word
- from an unused root probably meaning to be hollow
- Full definition from the source
- The belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anything. Root word: from an unused root probably meaning to be hollow.
Source info
Source and edition
James Strong, Strong's Hebrew Bible Dictionary (1890); Bible Foundation text source; Michael Grier's 1996 ASCII e-text; CrossWire module 1.2.
View the 1890 print witnessView preserved source wording
00990\ 990 beten beh'-ten from an unused root probably meaning to be hollow; the belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anything:-- belly, body, + as they be born, + within, womb.