Topic
Navel
4 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Ezekiel 16:4ISBE · Nave Treatment of, at birth
And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water to supple thee; thou wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at all.
- Job 40:16ISBE
Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.
- Proverbs 3:8ISBE
It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
- Song of Songs 7:2ISBE
Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies.
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 5 references
na'-v'l (shor. The Septuagint in Pr 3:8 suggests a different reading, namely, instead of shorrekha, sherekha equals she'erkha, "thy flesh")): The King James Version translates the Hebrew sharir in the description of Behemoth (Job 40:16) by "navel," where modern translators have substituted "muscles"; similarly in the translation of shorer (So 7:2) it has been replaced by "body.", There remain two passages of the Revised Version (British and American) where "navel" is retained as the translation of shor. Thus we find the word used, pars pro toto, for the whole being: "It (the fear of Yahweh) will be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones" (Pr 3:8). The uttermost neglect which a new-born babe can experience is expressed by Ezekiel: "In the day thou wast born thy navel (i.e. umbilical cord) was not cut neither wast thou washed in water to cleanse thee; thou wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at all" (Eze 16:4).
H. L. E. Luering
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 1 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → Treatment of, at birth Eze 16:4
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.