bel'-i: gachon = "den ydre bug" (1 Mos 3,14; 3 Mos 11,42). qobhah = "bughulen" (4 Mos 25,8 den American Standard Revised Version "krop"). beTen = "den indre bug," "moderlivet" (1 Kong 7,20; Job 15,2; Job 15,35 King James Version; Job 20,15; Job 20,23; Job 40,16; Job 40,17; Job 40,14; Ordsp 13,25; Ordsp 18,20; Jer 1,5; Ez 3,3); også billedligt "de indre områder," "nogets legeme" (Jon 2,2). me`eh = "indvolde," "bug" (Dan 2,32; Jon 1,17; Jon 2,1; Jon 2,2). I Det Nye Testamente koilia = "et hulrum," især bughulen (Matt 12,40; Matt 15,17; Mark 7,19); sædet for appetit og for de kødelige affekter (Rom 16,18; 1 Kor 6,13; Fil 3,19; Åb 10,9; Åb 10,10); sjælens inderste (American Revised Version, randnote Joh 7,38).

Frank E. Hirsch