גֹּב
gôb · gobe
a pit (for wild animals) (as cut out)
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) from a root corresponding to H1461 (גּוּב);
a pit (for wild animals) (as cut out)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: den.
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 גֹּב 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
10 occurrences · 10 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- into the den2 · 20%
- of the den2 · 20%
- the den2 · 20%
- him into the den1 · 10%
- unto the den1 · 10%
- to the den1 · 10%
- them into the den1 · 10%
Where it is used, by book.
- Daniel10
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.