גַב
gab · gab
the back (as rounded); by analogy, the top or rim, a boss, a vault, arch of eye, bulwarks, etc.
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to hollow or curve; (compare H1460 (גֵּו) and H1479 (גּוּף))
the back (as rounded); by analogy, the top or rim, a boss, a vault, arch of eye, bulwarks, etc.
- the back (as rounded)
- by analogy, the top or rim, a boss, a vault, arch of eye, bulwarks, etc.
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: back, body, boss, eminent (higher) place, (eye) brows, nave, ring.
Letters
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to carry, to lift up › the house, what is within
To carry, to lift up of the house, what is within.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גַב above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
13 occurrences · 13 OT · 0 NT · 13 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- thine eminent place2 · 15%
- and his eyebrows1 · 8%
- and their naves1 · 8%
- your bodies1 · 8%
- to bodies1 · 8%
- bosses1 · 8%
- upon my back1 · 8%
- as for their rings1 · 8%
- and their rings1 · 8%
- and their backs1 · 8%
- unto thee an eminent place1 · 8%
- and this shall be the higher place1 · 8%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.