- Original: מעה - Transliteration: me`ah - Phonetic: may-aw' - Definition: 1. internal organs, inward parts, bowels, intestines, belly a. inward parts b. digestive organs c. organs of procreation, womb d. place of emotions or distress or love (fig.) e. external belly - Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be soft - TWOT entry: 1227a - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: From an unused root probably meaning to be soft; used only in plural the intestines or (collectively) the abdomen figuratively sympathy; by implication a vest; by extension the stomach the uterus (or of men the seat of generation) the heart (figuratively): - belly bowels X heart womb. Total KJV Occurrences: 32 • belly, 3 Song of Songs 5:14; Jonah 1:17; Jonah 2:1 • bowels, 27 Genesis 15:4; Genesis 25:23; Numbers 5:22; 2 Samuel 7:12; 2 Samuel 16:11; 2 Samuel 20:10; 2 Chronicles 21:15(2); 2 Chronicles 21:18; 2 Chronicles 21:19; 2 Chronicles 32:21; Job 20:14; Job 30:27; Psalm 22:14; Psalm 71:6; Song of Songs 5:4; Isaiah 16:11; Isaiah 48:19; Isaiah 49:1; Isaiah 63:15; Jeremiah 4:19(2); Jeremiah 31:20; Lamentations 1:20; Lamentations 2:11; Ezekiel 3:3; Ezekiel 7:19 • heart, 1 Psalm 40:8 • womb, 1 Ruth 1:11