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Strong Concordance Nu 5:27 And when he hath made her to drink [08248] the water [04325], then it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled [02930], and have done [04603] trespass [04604] against her husband [0376], that the water [04325] that causeth the curse [0779] shall enter [0935] into her, and become bitter [04751], and her belly [0990] shall swell [06638], and her thigh [03409] shall rot [05307]: and the woman [0802] shall be a curse [0423] among [07130] her people [05971].

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BELLY the seat of the carnal affections (Titus 1:12; Phil. 3:19; Rom. 16:18). The word is used symbolically for the heart (Prov. 18:8; 20:27; 22:18, marg.). The "belly of hell" signifies the grave or underworld (Jonah 2:2).
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