gastēr · womb, belly

What it means

gastēr (γαστήρ) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “womb, belly”.

Belly, womb. To "have in the womb" is to be pregnant.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. The belly; also said of those who eat without limit.
2. A mother's insides; carrying a child within.

From Abbott-Smith (1922)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• pregnant ×7
• gluttons ×1
• womb ×1

Where it appears

• Matthew×3
• Mark×1
• Luke×2
• 1 Thessalonians×1
• Titus×1
• Revelation×1

• Matthew 1:18

  Now the origin of Jesus the Messiah was like this: when his mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, before they came together she was found pregnant by the Holy Spirit.

• Matthew 1:23

  “Look, the virgin will be pregnant and will give birth to a son, and they will call his name Immanuel,” which is, translated, “God with us.”

• Matthew 24:19

  And woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing in those days!

• Mark 13:17

  But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing in those days!

• Luke 1:31

  And look, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you will call his name Jesus.

• Luke 21:23

  Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing in those days! For there will be great distress upon the land and wrath against this people.

• 1 Thessalonians 5:3

  When they say, “Peace and security,” then sudden destruction comes upon them, like labor pains on a woman who is pregnant, and they will certainly not escape.

• Titus 1:12

  One of them, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”

• Revelation 12:2

  and she was pregnant, and she cries out in labor pains and in agony to give birth.