Strong's Lexicon

H1610

H1610 — גַּף

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewgaphnoun mascOccurrences: 4TWOT: 373a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H1610
Word:גַּף
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from an unused root meaning to arch
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:4
Transliteration:gaph
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:gaf
Meaning:1. the back 2. by extensive the body or self
KJV Renderings:+ highest places, himself.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB1725

[גַּף] noun masculine body, self, height, elevation (compare Late Hebrew גּוּף) — singular suffix גַּפּוֺ Exod 21:3 (twice in verse); Exod 21:4 plural construct גַּפֵּי Prov 9:3

1. body, self, only in phrase יָבאֹ (יֵצֵא) בְּגַפּוֺ) he shall come in (go out) by himself (with his body) Exod 21:3 (twice in verse); Exod 21:4 in law of slave (compare Di).
2. height, elevation עַלגַּֿפֵּי מְרֹמֵי קָ֑רֶת Prov 9:3.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

גף (gaph)

Exodus 21:3

KJV: If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him.by himself: Heb. with his body
EHCC: 1f he came in by himself (marg. with his
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