Word study · Greek
koilía
belly, stomach
Say it: koy-LEE-ah (approximate)
κοιλία
What it means
The belly or stomach, and also the womb. In 3:19, "whose god is the belly," a phrase for people ruled by appetite. In Romans 16:18, some serve "their own belly."
Range of meaning
- BellyThe stomach.
- AppetiteWhat people crave.
In Philippians
- Chapter 3
"Whose god is the belly" (3:19).
Every verse (1)
Verses where G2836 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources