Gav גַּב

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Gav
גַּב
Transliterationgav
Strong's numberH1354
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechnoun
Glossback/rim/brow
Occurrences13 in 11 verses
Most frequent inEzekiel (6)

Gav (Hebrew גַּב, Strong's H1354) is a Hebrew noun meaning “back/rim/brow”. It occurs 13 times in 11 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

1) convex surface, back
1a) back (of man)
1b) mound (for illicit worship)
1c) boss (convex projection of shield)
1d) bulwarks, breastworks (of arguments-fig.)
1e) brow, eyebrow
1f) rim (of wheel)
Aramaic equivalent: gav (גַּב "back" H1355)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVplace (4), bodies (2), rings (2), eyebrows (1), naves (1), bosses (1), back (1), backs (1)
BSBrims (2), your mounds (2), his eyebrows (1), your defenses (1), are defenses (1), studded (1), my back (1), their rims (1), including their backs (1), mound (1), height (1)

Verses

Every verse with Gav, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Leviticus

1 Kings

Job

Psalms

Ezekiel

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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