- γαστήρ
- γαστήρ, τρός, ἡ (Hom.+) gener. inner regions of the body, with its various parts, such as stomach and womb① bellyⓐ of the body’s inner regions, but w. ref. to moral obligation τὰ ταμιεῖα τῆς γαστρός innermost chambers of the being (so rendered in OT, An American Translation: Pr 20:27) 1 Cl 21:2 (Pr 20:27).ⓑ metaph., of pers. defined by primary interest glutton (Hes., Theog. 26 et al.) γαστέρες ἀργαί (ἀργός 2) Tit 1:12.② womb ἡ γαστὴρ αὐτῆς ὀγκοῦτο GJs 12:3; συλλαμβάνειν ἐν γαστρί (Gen 25:21 LXX Sixtina; Demetr.: 722 fgm 1, 4 Jac.) Lk 1:31; ἐν γαστρὶ λαμβάνειν GJs 4:2, 4 (LXX; En 7:2; ApcMos 1). ἐν γαστρὶ ἔχειν be pregnant (Hdt. 3, 32 et al.; med. wr. since Hippocr. [Hobart 92]; Paus. 4, 33, 3; Artem. 2, 18; 3, 32, 4 et al.; PCairZen 328, 20 and PEnteux 71, 6; PMagd 4, 6 [the three III B.C.]; PFlor 130, 3; LXX; En 99:5) Mt 1:18, 23 (cp. Is 7:14); 24:19; Mk 13:17; Lk 21:23; 1 Th 5:3; Rv 12:2. ἐν τῇ γαστρὶ (εἶναι) B 13:2 (Gen 25:23); GJs 13:3.—B. 253. DELG. M-M. Spicq.
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