Hebrew word study

מֵעֶהmêʻeh — used only in plural the intestines, or (collectively) the…

Pronounced “may-aw'”

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)

Translated in the King James as: belly, bowels, heart, womb.

Appears 32 times in Scripture

Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be soft;

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Where it appears

Genesis — 2×

Genesis 15:4 Genesis 25:23

Numbers — 1×

Numbers 5:22

Ruth — 1×

Ruth 1:11

2 Samuel — 3×

2 Sam 7:12 2 Sam 16:11 2 Sam 20:10

2 Chronicles — 5×

2 Chr 21:15 2 Chr 21:18 2 Chr 21:19 2 Chr 32:21+ 1 more in 2 Chronicles

Job — 2×

Job 20:14 Job 30:27

Psalms — 3×

Psalms 22:14 Psalms 40:8 Psalms 71:6

Song of Solomon — 2×

Song 5:4 Song 5:14

Isaiah — 4×

Isaiah 16:11 Isaiah 48:19 Isaiah 49:1 Isaiah 63:15

Jeremiah — 3×

Jeremiah 4:19 Jeremiah 31:20+ 1 more in Jeremiah

Lamentations — 2×

Lam 1:20 Lam 2:11

Ezekiel — 2×

Ezekiel 3:3 Ezekiel 7:19

Jonah — 2×

Jonah 1:17 Jonah 2:1

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