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.
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:
- νῶτονnōton“back”always
Usage patterns
Occurrences
13 total
- Leviticus 14:9גַּבֹּ֣ת · his eyebrowsOn 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.
- 1 Kings 7:33וְגַבֵּיהֶ֗ם · rimsThe wheels were made like chariot wheels; their axles, rims, spokes, and hubs were all of cast metal.
- Job 13:12לְגַבֵּי־ · your defenses; גַּבֵּיכֶֽם׃ · are defensesYour maxims are proverbs of ashes; your defenses are defenses of clay.
- Job 15:26גַּבֵּ֥י · studded…rushing headlong at Him with a thick, studded shield.
- Psalm 129:3גַּ֭בִּי · my backThe plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long.
- Ezekiel 1:18וְגַ֨בֵּיהֶ֔ן · Their rims; וְגַבֹּתָ֗ם · rimsTheir rims were high and awesome, and all four rims were full of eyes all around.
- Ezekiel 10:12וְגַבֵּהֶ֔ם · including their backsTheir entire bodies, including their backs, hands, and wings, were full of eyes all around, as were their four wheels.
- Ezekiel 16:24גֶּ֑ב · a mound…you built yourself a mound and made yourself a lofty shrine in every public square.
- Ezekiel 16:31גַּבֵּךְ֙ · your moundsBut 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.
- Ezekiel 16:39גַבֵּךְ֙ · your moundsThen 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.
- Ezekiel 43:13גַּ֥ב · the heightThese 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: