Stomach
Stomach
STOMACH.This English word occurs in 2Ma 7:21 with the meaning of courage, Stirring up her womanish thoughts with a manly stomach.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Stomach
stumuk (, stomachos): In man and most vertebrates, a membranous sac-like portion of the alimentary canal, in which the earlier stages of digestion take place and in which food is prepared to yield its nourishment (1Ti 5:23).
Used figuratively of pride, A proud look and high stomach (Psa 101:7, Prayer-book Version), and courage, Stirring up her womanish thoughts with a manly stomach (2 Macc 7:21 the King James Version, the Revised Version (British and American) with manly passion).
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Stomach
properly “a mouth, an opening,” akin to stoma, “a mouth,” denotes “the stomach” in 1Ti 5:23.