גַּב

gavback/rim/browHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun13 occurrences5 books11 verses

Definition

from an unused root meaning to hollow or curve; (compare H1460 and H1479) the back (as rounded); by analogy, the top or rim, a boss, a vault, arch of eye, bulwarks, etc.
Traditional renderings: back, body, boss, eminent (higher) place, (eye) brows, nave, ring.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders גַּב:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

13 total
  1. Leviticus 14:9גַּבֹּ֣ת · his eyebrows
    On the seventh day he must shave off all his hair—his head, his beard, his eyebrows, and the rest of his hair. He must wash his clothes and bathe himself with water, and he will be clean.
  2. 1 Kings 7:33וְגַבֵּיהֶ֗ם · rims
    The wheels were made like chariot wheels; their axles, rims, spokes, and hubs were all of cast metal.
  3. Job 13:12לְגַבֵּי־ · your defenses; גַּבֵּיכֶֽם׃ · are defenses
    Your maxims are proverbs of ashes; your defenses are defenses of clay.
  4. Job 15:26גַּבֵּ֥י · studded
    …rushing headlong at Him with a thick, studded shield.
  5. Psalm 129:3גַּ֭בִּי · my back
    The plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long.
  6. Ezekiel 1:18וְגַ֨בֵּיהֶ֔ן · Their rims; וְגַבֹּתָ֗ם · rims
    Their rims were high and awesome, and all four rims were full of eyes all around.
  7. Ezekiel 10:12וְגַבֵּהֶ֔ם · including their backs
    Their entire bodies, including their backs, hands, and wings, were full of eyes all around, as were their four wheels.
  8. Ezekiel 16:24גֶּ֑ב · a mound
    …you built yourself a mound and made yourself a lofty shrine in every public square.
  9. Ezekiel 16:31גַּבֵּךְ֙ · your mounds
    But when you built your mounds at the head of every street and made your lofty shrines in every public square, you were not even like a prostitute, because you scorned payment.
  10. Ezekiel 16:39גַבֵּךְ֙ · your mounds
    Then I will deliver you into the hands of your lovers, and they will level your mounds and tear down your lofty shrines. They will strip off your clothes, take your fine jewelry, and leave you naked and bare.
  11. Ezekiel 43:13גַּ֥ב · the height
    These are the measurements of the altar in long cubits (a cubit and a handbreadth): Its gutter shall be a cubit deep and a cubit wide, with a rim of one span around its edge. And this is the height of the altar: