Womb

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

1: Κοιλία (Strong'S #2836 — Noun Feminine — koilia — koy-lee'-ah )

denotes "the womb,"  Matthew 19:12;  Luke 1:15,41,42,44;  2:21;  11:27;  23:29;  John 3:4;  Acts 3:2;  14:8;  Galatians 1:15 . See Belly , No. 1.

2: Γαστήρ (Strong'S #1064 — Noun Feminine — gaster — gas-tare' )

is rendered "womb" in  Luke 1:31 . See Belly , No. 2.

3: Μήτρα (Strong'S #3388 — Noun Feminine — metra — may'-trah )

the matrix (akin to meter, "a mother"), occurs in  Luke 2:23;  Romans 4:19 .

Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary

I should not have stopped at this word, but from a wish to offer a word on the subject as it concerns the virgin's womb. I humbly conceive that the womb of the virgin was altogether passive, (except in the simple act of consenting to the dead) in the conception of Jesus in the womb. For when the angel announced to the Virgin Mary the miraculous incarnation, and when to the seeming impossibilities of the thing itself, as it appeared to her, the angel explained how it should be accomplished by the miraculous impregnation of the Holy Ghost, Mary at once consented to the deed—Be it unto me according to thy word—and immediately the work was wrought· ( Luke 1:31, etc,) And to this agrees the prophecy of the psalmist, ( Psalms 139:13) "Thou hast covered me in my mother's womb." See all that follows to this amount in the succeeding verses of that glorious psalm, until Jesus comes to speak by was same spirit of prophecy in it, to the writing of all the names of his members, meaning every individual of his body the church, in the book of life. And hence the Lord Jesus, in another prophecy, had ages before said, "The Lord hath called me from the womb." ( Isaiah 49:1) So that from hence we see the willingness of the Virgin, and the consent of Christ, at the call of his Father, and both together serving to illustrate and explain, as far as the nature of the mysterious subject can be explained, the wonderful transaction.

King James Dictionary

WOMB, n. Woom. G.

1. The uterus or matrix of a female that part where the young of an animal is conceived and nourished till its birth. 2. The place where any thing is produced.

The womb of earth the genial seed receives.

3. Any large or deep cavity.

Womb of the morning, in Scripture, the clouds, which distill dew supposed to be emblematic of the church bringing forth multitudes to Christ.  Psalms 110 .

WOMB, To inclose to breed in secret. Not in use.

Webster's Dictionary

(1): ( v. t.) To inclose in a womb, or as in a womb; to breed or hold in secret.

(2): ( n.) The belly; the abdomen.

(3): ( n.) The uterus. See Uterus.

(4): ( n.) The place where anything is generated or produced.

(5): ( n.) Any cavity containing and enveloping anything.

Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types

 Psalm 110:3 (a) This is a beautiful emblem of the attractive emergence of the sun from the dark gray mists of the east. It may also refer to the bright coming of our Lord Jesus when He returns to dispel the darkness of this earth.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(usually בֶּטֶן , Γαστήρ , both meaning Belly, as Often rendered; but the distinctive term is רִחִם ). The fruit of the womb is children ( Genesis 30:2), and the Psalmist describes them as the blessing of marriage ( Psalms 127:3-5). (See Child).