What Does “Womb” Mean in the Bible?
In the Bible, the mother’s womb, where the baby grows. Old Bibles also speak of the “bosom”: the lap or the chest, where we hold someone close.
A detail
- “The heart of the earth”: the deepest part of the earth, like a tomb.
Where it appears in the Bible
Luke 1:15; Matthew 12:40
What the Bible says
Luke 1:15
For he shall be great before the Lord; and shall drink no wine nor strong drink: and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother’s womb.
Matthew 12:40
For as Jonas was in the whale’s belly three days and three nights: so shall the Son of man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: Dictionary.com, “womb”