Definition

the external abdomen, belly (as the source of the faetus )

Etymology

probably from H1518 (גִּיחַ)lemma גּיחַ missing vowel, corrected to גִּיחַ; (compare H1521 (גִּיחוֹן))

Word family

• גִּיחַ gîyach
• גִּיחוֹן Gîychôwn

How the KJV renders it

• belly

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.