Gev גֵּו
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| גֵּו | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | gev |
| Strong's number | H1460 (H1460A, H1460B) |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | back |
| Occurrences | 7 in 7 verses |
| Most frequent in | Proverbs (3) |
Gev (Hebrew גֵּו, Strong's H1460) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “back”. It occurs 7 times in 7 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
H1460A: back
the back, back
H1460B: midst
midst
Aramaic equivalent: gav (גַּו "midst" H1459)
Aramaic equivalent: gav (גַּו "midst" H1459)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | back (5), among (1), body (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | backs (2), your back (2), among (1), is for the back (1), my back (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Gev, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Job
- Job 30:5They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as after a thief;)They were banished from among men, shouted down like thieves,
Proverbs
- Proverbs 10:13In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks judgment.
- Proverbs 19:29Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.Judgments are prepared for mockers, and beatings for the backs of fools.
- Proverbs 26:3A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool’s back.A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!
Isaiah
- Isaiah 38:17Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.Surely for my own welfare I had such great anguish; but Your love has delivered me from the pit of oblivion, for You have cast all my sins behind Your back.
- Isaiah 50:6I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.I offered My back to those who struck Me, and My cheeks to those who tore out My beard. I did not hide My face from scorn and spittle.
- Isaiah 51:23But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over.I will place it in the hands of your tormentors, who told you: ‘Lie down, so we can walk over you,’ so that you made your back like the ground, like a street to be traversed.”
Notes
- 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.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).