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New Testament

Vine's Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words

Definition

1koiliaG2836

from koilos, "hollow" (Lat., coelum, "heaven," is connected), denotes the entire physical cavity, but most frequently was used to denote "the womb." In Joh 7:38 it stands metaphorically for the innermost part of man, the soul, the heart. See WOMB.

2gasterG1064

(cp. Eng., "gastritis"), is used much as No. 1, but in Tit 1:12, by synecdoche (a figure of speech in which the part is put for the whole, or vice versa), it is used to denote "gluttons," RV, for AV, "bellies." See GLUTTON, WOMB.