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womb

Meaning of “womb”

Sense 1: The bodily place in a female where a child is conceived and carried before birth. Sense 2: A source pictured as such a place.

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71 occurrences69 verses21 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 25:23

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Jeremiah 1:5
Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 1:5 · retained source text

Before I formed thee in the bellie, I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the wombe, I sanctified thee, and I ordeined thee a Prophet vnto the nations.

1611 marginal noteHebr. gaue.

1611 marginal noteIsa.49.1,5.

1611 marginal noteGal. 5.1, 15.

Jeremiah 20:17
Because he slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb to be always great with me.
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 20:17 · retained source text

Because he slew me not from the wombe: or that my mother might haue beene my graue, and her wombe to be alwaies great with me.

Jeremiah 20:18
Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 20:18 · retained source text

Wherefore came I forth out of the wombe to see labour and sorrow, that my daies should be consumed with shame?

1611 marginal noteIob.3.20.

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