Word study · Greek

stómachos

stomach

Say it: STOM-akh-os (approximate)

στόμαχος

What it means

The stomach. In 5:23, "use a little wine for your stomach's sake." It appears only here. The English word "stomach" comes from it.

Range of meaning

  • StomachThe organ of digestion.
  • GulletThe throat or opening.

In 1 Timothy

  • Chapter 5

    "For your stomach's sake" (5:23). The word appears only here.

Every verse (1)

Verses where G4751 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources