גֵּב
gêb · gabe
a log (as cut out); also well or cistern (as dug)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H1461 (גּוּב);
a log (as cut out); also well or cistern (as dug)
- a log (as cut out)
- also, well or cistern (as dug)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: beam, ditch, pit.
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 גֵּב 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
4 occurrences · 4 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- with beams1 · 33%
- full of ditches1 · 33%
- to the pits1 · 33%
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.