חֹמֶשׁ
chomesh · belly
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H2570 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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chomesh (חֹמֶשׁ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “belly”.
Abdomen.
How to say it
cho·mesh
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
- The soft part of the body below the ribs.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Words that come from it
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Where it appears
- 2 Samuel 2:23
But he refused to turn away; so Abner struck him with the butt of the spear in the belly, and the spear came out behind him; and he fell there and died in his place. And it happened that all who came to the place where Asahel had fallen and died stood still.
- 2 Samuel 3:27
When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the middle of the gate to speak with him privately, and there he struck him in the belly, and he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.
- 2 Samuel 4:6
And there they came into the middle of the house, as though fetching wheat, and they struck him in the belly; and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.
- 2 Samuel 20:10
But Amasa did not guard himself against the sword that was in the hand of Joab, and he struck him with it in the belly and poured out his entrails on the ground, and he did not repeat the blow on him, and he died. Then Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba son of Bichri.