Strong’s definition
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)
KJV gloss list in the source
belly, bowels, [idiom] heart, womb.
Source pronunciation notation: may-aw'
Derivation recorded by Strong
from an unused root probably meaning to be soft;
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