1064. gastér

Strong's Lexicon

gastér: Belly, womb

Original Word: γαστήρ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: gastér
Pronunciation: gas-TARE
Phonetic Spelling: (gas-tare')
Definition: Belly, womb
Meaning: the womb, stomach; of a woman: to be with child (lit: to have [a child] in the belly).

Word Origin: Derived from a primary word

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - H990 (בֶּטֶן, beten): Refers to the belly or womb, similar in usage to "gastér."

- H4578 (מֵעֶה, me'ah): Often translated as "bowels" or "inward parts," sometimes used metaphorically for emotions or desires.

Usage: The Greek word "gastér" primarily refers to the belly or the womb. In the New Testament, it is often used metaphorically to describe physical desires or appetites, as well as the literal womb in the context of childbirth or lineage.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Greek culture, the belly was often seen as the seat of physical desires and appetites. The concept of the womb was also significant, as it was associated with fertility, lineage, and the continuation of family heritage. In Jewish culture, the womb was revered as the place where God's creative work began, and it was often associated with God's blessings of offspring.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
of uncertain origin
Definition
the belly
NASB Translation
child* (4), gluttons (1), pregnant (3), womb (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 1064: γαστήρ

γαστήρ, γαστρός (poetic, γαστερος), ἡ, in Greek authors from Homer down; in the Sept. for בֶּטֶן;

1. the belly; by metonymy, of the whole for a part,

2. Latinuterus, the womb: ἐν γαστρί ἔχειν to be with child) see ἔχω, I. 1 b.): Matthew 1:18, 23; Matthew 24:19; Mark 13:17; Luke 21:23; 1 Thessalonians 5:3; Revelation 12:2; (in the Sept. for הָרָה, Genesis 16:4; Genesis 38:25; Isaiah 7:14, etc.; Herodotus 3, 32 and vit. Homer 2; Artemidorus Daldianus, oneir. 2, 18, p. 105; 3, 32, p. 177; Pausanias, Herodian, others); συλλαμβάνεσθαι ἐν γαστρί to conceive, become pregnant, Luke 1:31.

3. the stomach; by synecdoche a glutton, gormandizer, a man who is as it were all stomach, Hesiod theog. 26 (so also γάστρις, Aristophanes av. 1604; Aelian v. h. 1, 28; and Latinventer in Lucil. sat. 2, 24 edition Gerl. 'vivite ventres'): γαστέρες ἀργαί, Titus 1:12; see ἀργός, b.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

belly, womb.

Of uncertain derivation; the stomach; by analogy, the matrix; figuratively, a gourmand -- belly, + with child, womb.

Forms and Transliterations

γαστέρα γαστερες γαστέρες γαστήρ γαστρι γαστρί γαστρὶ γαστρός γαυριά γαυρίαμα γαυρωθήσεται εγαυριώντο gasteres gastéres gastri gastrì

Englishman's Concordance

Matthew 1:18 N-DFS
GRK: εὑρέθη ἐν γαστρὶ ἔχουσα ἐκ
INT: she was found in womb to have [child] through

Matthew 1:23 N-DFS
GRK: παρθένος ἐν γαστρὶ ἕξει καὶ
INT: virgin in womb [child] will have and

Matthew 24:19 N-DFS
GRK: ταῖς ἐν γαστρὶ ἐχούσαις καὶ
NAS: to those who are pregnant and to those
KJV: with child, and
INT: to those that in womb have [child] and

Mark 13:17 N-DFS
GRK: ταῖς ἐν γαστρὶ ἐχούσαις καὶ
NAS: to those who are pregnant and to those
KJV: with child, and
INT: to those that in womb have [child] and

Luke 1:31 N-DFS
GRK: συλλήμψῃ ἐν γαστρὶ καὶ τέξῃ
NAS: you will conceive in your womb and bear
KJV: in thy womb, and
INT: you will conceive in [your] womb and bring forth

Luke 21:23 N-DFS
GRK: ταῖς ἐν γαστρὶ ἐχούσαις καὶ
NAS: to those who are pregnant and to those
KJV: unto them that are with child, and
INT: to those in womb having [child] and

1 Thessalonians 5:3 N-DFS
GRK: τῇ ἐν γαστρὶ ἐχούσῃ καὶ
KJV: upon a woman with child; and
INT: to her in womb is having [child] and

Titus 1:12 N-NFP
GRK: κακὰ θηρία γαστέρες ἀργαί
NAS: beasts, lazy gluttons.
KJV: beasts, slow bellies.
INT: evil wild beasts gluttons lazy

Revelation 12:2 N-DFS
GRK: καὶ ἐν γαστρὶ ἔχουσα καὶ
KJV: with child cried,
INT: and in womb having [child] and

Strong's Greek 1064
9 Occurrences

γαστέρες — 1 Occ.
γαστρὶ — 8 Occ.