BDB1413
II. [גֵּב] pit, III. [גֵּב] beam, see below גוב.
Strong's Lexicon
H1356
H1356 — גֵּב
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | H1356 |
|---|---|
| Word: | גֵּב |
| Part of Speech: | noun masc |
| Etymology: | from H1461 |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 4 |
| Transliteration: | geb |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | gabe |
| Meaning: | 1. a log (as cut out) 2. also well or cistern (as dug) |
| KJV Renderings: | beam, ditch, pit. |
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced
BDB1538
II. גֵּב noun [masculine] pit, ditch, trench, (Arabic [untranscribed source text 829] hollow, depression; Syriac [untranscribed source text 830] cistern) — only plural גֵּבִים Jer 14:3 in 2Kgs 3:16 גבים גבים, i.e. full of ditches; further, cisterns (according to Klo 2Kgs 25:12) Jer 39:10 וִּיגֵבִים (read וְגֵבִים); compare also || 2Kgs 25:12 (ולגבים Kt , וּלְיוֺגְבִים Qr ) = Jer 52:16 (וּלְֹיגְבִים; both with כֹּרְמִים); Klo propose to emend these, so as to read in all וַיִּתֵּן לָהֶם כְּרָמִים וְגֵבִים and gave to them vineyards and cisterns; another view in Th ; compare further גוב, יגב. — I. גֵּב see below גבה.
BDB1540
III. [גֵּב] noun [masculine] beam, rafter? (Thes below גוב, but meaning & √ dubious), גֵּבִים 1Kgs 6:9 but LagArmen. Stud. § 499, M i. 212; BN 155 reads גֻּבְּדִים (Persian [untranscribed source text 831], Armenian γμβεθ) vaulted roofs.
Other Resources
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
Englishman's Hebrew Concordance
גב (gav)
1 Kings 14:9
- KJV: But hast done evil above all that were before thee: for thou hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back:
- EHCC: hast cast me behind thy back:
Nehemiah 9:26
- KJV: Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.
- EHCC: cast thy law behind their backs,
Ezekiel 23:35
- KJV: Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because thou hast forgotten me, and cast me behind thy back, therefore bear thou also thy lewdness and thy whoredoms.
- EHCC: cast me behind thy back,