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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Belly

The Bible

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Dictionaries:

  • Included in Eastons: Yes
  • Included in Hitchcocks: No
  • Included in Naves: Yes
  • Included in Smiths: No
  • Included in Websters: Yes
  • Included in Strongs: Yes
  • Included in Thayers: Yes
  • Included in BDB: Yes

Strongs Concordance:

Easton's Bible Dictionary
Belly

The seat of the carnal affections (Titus 1:12; Philippians 3:19; Romans 16:18). The word is used symbolically for the heart (Proverbs 18:8; 20:27; 22:18, marg.). The "belly of hell" signifies the grave or underworld (Jonah 2:2).


Naves Topical Index
Belly

Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Belly

BEL'LY, noun

1. That part of the human body which extends from the breast to the thighs, containing the bowels. It is called also the abdomen or lower belly to distinguish it from the head and breast, which are sometimes called bellies, from their cavity.

2. The part of a beast, corresponding to the human belly

3. The womb. Jeremiah 1:5.

4. The receptacle of food; that which requires food, in opposition to the back.

Whose god is their belly Philippians 3:19.

5. The part of any thing which resembles the human belly in protuberance or cavity, as of a harp or a bottle.

6. Any hollow inclosed place; as the belly of hell, in Jonah.

7. In scripture, belly is used for the heart. Proverbs 18:8. 20.30.John 7:38. Carnal lusts, sensual pleasure. Romans 16:18. Philippians 3:19:19. The whole man. Titus 1:12.

BEL'LY, verb transitive To fill; to swell out.

BEL'LY, verb intransitive To swell and become protuberant, like the belly; as bellying goblets; bellying canvas.

1. To strut.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Belly-ache

BEL'LY-ACHE,noun [belly and ache.] Pain in the bowels; the colic.

BEL'LY-ACHE BUSH or WEED, A species of Jatropha.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Belly-band

BEL'LY-BAND, noun A band that encompasses the belly of a horse, and fastens the saddle; a girth.


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Belly-bound

BEL'LY-BOUND, adjective Diseased in the belly, so as to be costive, and shrunk in the belly.


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Belly-cheer

BEL'LY-CHEER, noun Good cheer, [Not used.]


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Belly-fretting

BEL'LY-FRETTING, noun The chafing of a horse's belly, with a fore girt.

1. A violent pain in a horse's belly, caused by worms.


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Bellyful

BEL'LYFUL, noun [belly and full.] As much as fills the belly, or satisfies the appetite. In familiar and ludicrous language, a great abundance; more than enough.


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Belly-god

BEL'LY-GOD, noun [belly and god.] A glutton; one who makes a god of his belly; that is, whose great business or pleasure is to gratify his appetite.


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Bellying

BEL'LYING, participle present tense Enlarging capacity; swelling out, like the belly.


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Belly-pinched

BEL'LY-PINCHED, adjective [See Pinch.] Starved; pinched with hunger.

BEL'LY ROLL, noun [See Roll.] A roller protuberant in the middle, to roll land between ridges, or in hollows.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Belly-slave

BEL'LY-SLAVE, noun A slave to the appetite.


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Belly-timber

BEL'LY-TIMBER, noun [See Timber.[ Food; that which supports the belly.


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Belly-worm

BEL'LY-WORM, noun [See Worm.] A worm that breeds in the belly or stomach.