STOMACH.This English word occurs in 2Ma_7:21 with the meaning of courage, Stirring up her womanish thoughts with a manly stomach.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
stum?uk (στόμαχος, stómachos): In man and most vertebrates, a membranous sac-like portion of the alimentary canal, in which the earlier stages of digestion take place and in which food is prepared to yield its nourishment (1Ti_5:23).
Used figuratively of pride, ?A proud look and high stomach? (Psa_101:7, Prayer-book Version), and courage, ?Stirring up her womanish thoughts with a manly stomach? (2 Macc 7:21 the King James Version, the Revised Version (British and American) ?with manly passion?).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.