Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
| Strong's Number: | H1465 |
|---|---|
| Word: | גֵּוָה |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Etymology: | feminine of H1460 |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | gevah |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | gay-vaw' |
| Meaning: | 1. the back 2. (by extensive) the person |
| KJV Renderings: | body. |
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II. גֵּוָה noun feminine back — (so also Di Hoffm SS; ᵐ5 Thes De AV RV body = גְּוִיָּה, compare BaZMG 1887, 605) Job 20:25 וַיֵּצֵיא מִגֵּוָה it comes out from the back (of arrow which has struck a fugitive, and is then extracted; Hoffm reads מִגֵּוֺה). — I. גֵּוָה below גאה.
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
Job 20:25
