BDB1411
גַּב back, etc., see below גבב
[גָּב], גָּבִים see גוב .
Strong's Lexicon
H1354
H1354 — גַּב
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | H1354 |
|---|---|
| Word: | גַּב |
| Part of Speech: | n-e. |
| Etymology: | from an unused root meaning to hollow or curve |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 13 |
| Transliteration: | gab |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | gab |
| Meaning: | 1. the back (as rounded) 2. by analogy, the top or rim, a boss, a vault, arch of eye, bulwarks, etc |
| KJV Renderings: | back, body, boss, eminent (higher) place, (eye)brows, nave, ring. |
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced
BDB1418
גַּב noun masculine:? compare Ezek 43:13 (feminine Ezek 1:18 ) anything convex, curved, gibbous, e.g. back, chiefly late; — absolute גָּ֑ב Ezek 16:24 construct גַּב Ezek 43:13 (read גֹּבַהּ ᵐ5 Ew Sm Co); suffix גַּבִּי Ps 129:3, גַּבֵךְ Ezek 16:31; Ezek 16:39 plural construct גַּבֹּת Lev 14:9, גַּבֵּי Job 13:12; Job 15:26 suffix גַּבֵּיהֶם 1Kgs 7:33, גַּבֵּהֶם Ezek 10:12, גַּבֵּיהֶן Ezek 1:18, גַֹּבֹּתָם Ezek 1:18 —
1.
back, of man (figurative of Israel) Ps 129:3 apparently of cherubim Ezek 10:12, but Hi
Sm emend v. so that ׳
גּ refers to wheels, rim see 6 below
2.
mound, for illicit worship Ezek 16:24; Ezek 16:31; Ezek 16:39 (all || רמה);
ᵐ5
ᵑ9
lupanar, brothel, after analogy of fornix, but this without
sufficient proof, & needless.
3.
boss, or convex projection, of shield Job 15:26 (figurative) he runneth against him…
with the stout bosses of his shields (i.e. wicked against ׳
י); so
[untranscribed source text 763] in Arabic in similar phrase; compare also Arabic
[untranscribed source text 764], shield; also French bouclier from
boucle.
4.
bulwarks, breastworks, figurative for arguments לְגַבֵּיחֹֿמֶר גַּבֵּיכֶם
Job 13:12
breastworks of clay are your breastworks.
5.
brow, only גַּבֹּת עֵינָיו
Lev 14:9
his eyebrows.
6.
rim of wheel, felloe
1Kgs 7:33;
Ezek 1:18
(twice in verse); so perhaps Ezek 10:12 see 1 above — Ezek 43:13
elevation, i.e. basement of altar, Da after MT.,
but see גֹּבַהּ, compare above
BDB9397
[גַּב] noun [masculine] either back ( ᵑ7 גַּב back, top; Biblical Hebrew גַּב , √ גנב), or < side (√ גנב, compare Arabic [untranscribed source text 5954] side, Syriac [untranscribed source text 5955] side, √ [untranscribed source text 5956]; — see also DWB 65); — plural suffix Dan 7:6 Kt wings עַלגַּֿבַּיהּ on its sides ( Bev Behrm Dr; Qr גַּבַּהּ perhaps its back, so most).
Other Resources
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
Englishman's Hebrew Concordance
גב (gehv)
Job 30:5
- KJV: They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as after a thief;)
- EHCC: driven forth from among (men)
Proverbs 10:13
- KJV: In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.of understanding: Heb. of heart
- EHCC: rod (is) for the back mg (me '