noun · feminine
gastras
Strong’sG1064
the womb, stomach, to be pregnant
stem gastr-9 times in the New Testamentin 6 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
γαστήρ, -τρός, ἡ,
[in LXX for בֶּטֶן, ἐν γ. ἔχειν for הרה, ἐν γ. λαμβάνειν for חרה;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1064 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidgas-tare'
the stomach; by analogy, the matrix; figuratively, a gourmand
Fromof uncertain derivation;
King Jamesbelly, + with child, womb.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
genitive έρος, γαστρός: dative -έρι, γαστρί (the longer forms in Epic dialect, Lyric poetry, and once in Trag., Refs 5th c.BC+: dative plural γαστῆρσι Refs 5th c.BC+:—paunch, belly, Refs 8th c.BC+; γ. ἀσπίδος the hollow of a shield, Refs 7th c.BC+; belly or wide part of a bottle, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 the belly, as craving food, κέλεται δέ ἑ γ. Refs 8th c.BC+; γαστέρι δ᾽ οὔ πως ἔστι νέκυν πενθῆσαι, i. e. by fasting, Refs 8th c.BC+; to express gluttony, γαστέρες οἶον Refs 8th c.BC+; γαστρὸς ἐγκρατής master of his belly, Refs; γαστρὶ δουλεύειν, χαρίζεσθαι, to be the slave of his belly, Refs; γ. δελεάζεσθαιRefs 4th c.BC+; τᾶς γαστρὸς φείδεσθαι, com. of one who has nothing to eat, Refs 3rd c.BC+
3 paunch stuffed with mincemeat, sausage, haggis, Refs 8th c.BC+
II womb, ὅντινα γαστέρι μήτηρ.. φέροι Refs 8th c.BC+; ἐκ γαττρός from the womb, from infancy, Refs 6th c.BC+; ἐν γαστρὶ ἔχουσα big with child, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐν γ. φέρουσα Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐν γ. λαβεῖν conceive, LXX+4th c.BC+; συλλαμβάνειν variant LXX+NT+5th c.BC+; κατὰ γαστρὸς ἔχειν Vett.Refs 2nd c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | gastras | gastrais1×γαστέρες |
| object accusative | gastran | gastrain |
| direct address vocative | gastrar | gastrair |
| of, belonging to genitive | gastrau | gastraiu |
| to, for dative | gastra8×γαστρὶ | gastrai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
gastra is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
9 occurrences, every one of them listed
gastra“*”to, fordative singular8×
Matthew 1:18“*”… prin ē sunerchara autoin heuriskita en gastra echarōntas ek pneumeu hagieu.… to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit.
Matthew 1:23“*”Idou tas parthenas en gastra echati kai tikteti huion, kai kalali …“Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call Him Immanuel …
Matthew 24:19“*”ouai de tai en gastra echarōntai kai tai thēlazarōntai en ekeinai …How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers!
Mark 13:17ouai de tai en gastra echarōntai kai tai thēlazarōntai en ekeinai …… miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers!
Luke 1:31“womb”kai idou sullabesi en gastra kai tiktesi huion, kai kalasi tem …Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus.
Luke 21:23“[the] womb”ouai tai en gastra echarōntai kai tai thēlazarōntai en ekeinai …How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers! For there …
1 Thessalonians 5:3“(her) womb”… olethros hōsper tas ōdinas ta en gastra echarōnta, kai ouk mē ekfeugaleia.… and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
Revelation 12:2“womb”kai en gastra echarōntas; kai krazatō ōdinarōntas kai basanizorōntas …… was pregnant and crying out in the pain and agony of giving …
gastrais“gluttons”subjectnominative plural1×
Titus 1:12… profētos, Krētois aei pseustois, kakoseim thēreim, gastrais argais;… are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”