Know the Word.

Hebrew word

mêʻeh

may-aw'

מֵעֶה

What it means

used only in plural the intestines, or the abdomen, figuratively, sympathy

used only in plural the intestines, or (collectively) the abdomen, figuratively, sympathy; by implication, a vest; by extension the stomach, the uterus (or of men, the seat of generation), the heart (figuratively)

Where it comes from

from an unused root probably meaning to be soft

How the King James translates it

  • bowels26
  • belly2
  • womb1

Every place it appears 29

Genesis15:425:23
Numbers5:22
Ruth1:11
Psalms71:6
Song of Solomon5:45:14
Jeremiah4:1931:20
Lamentations1:202:11
Ezekiel3:37:19
Jonah1:17