- Original: גב
- Transliteration: Gab
- Phonetic: gab
- Definition:
1. convex surface, back
a. back (of man)
b. mound (for illicit worship)
c. boss (convex projection of shield)
d. bulwarks, breastworks (of arguments - fig.)
e. brow, eyebrow
f. rim (of wheel)
- Origin: from an unused root
- TWOT entry: 303a
- Part(s) of speech: Noun
- Strong's: From an unused root meaning to hollow or curve; the back (as rounded (compare
H1460 and
H1479 ); by analogy the top or rim a boss a vault arch of eye bulwarks etc.: - back body boss eminent (higher) place [eye] brows nave ring.
Total KJV Occurrences: 13
• back, 1
Psalm 129:3
• backs, 1
Ezekiel 10:12
• bodies, 2
Job 13:12(2)
• bosses, 1
Job 15:26
• eyebrows, 1
Leviticus 14:9
• naves, 1
1 Kings 7:33
• place, 4
Ezekiel 16:24;
Ezekiel 16:31;
Ezekiel 16:39;
Ezekiel 43:13
• rings, 2
Ezekiel 1:18(2)