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Bible Lexicons

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Strong's #1460 - גֵּו

Transliteration

gêv

Phonetics

gave

Origin

from (H1342) [corresponding to (H1354)]

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TWOT

326b

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

the back, back, midst

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 200 ‑ ἀκρίς (ak‑rece'); 999 ‑ βόθυνος (both'‑oo‑nos); 3319 ‑ μέσος (mes'‑os); 3577 ‑ νῶτος (no'‑tos); 5421 ‑ φρέαρ (freh'‑ar);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (7)

Job 1

Proverbs 3

Isaiah 3

BSB (7)

Job 1

Proverbs 3

Isaiah 3

CSB (5)

Job 1

Proverbs 3

Isaiah 3

ESV (7)

Job 1

Proverbs 3

Isaiah 3

KJV (7)

Job 1

Proverbs 3

Isaiah 3

LEB (7)

Job 1

Proverbs 3

Isaiah 3

LSB (0)

The Legacy Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

N95 (0)

The New American Standard Bible (1995)
did not use
this Strong's Number

NAS (0)

The New American Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (7)

Job 1

Proverbs 3

Isaiah 3

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1052) f c (גו GW) AC: ? CO: Back AB: ?: The back as the middle part of the body, used in lifting. This root is related to acand ec.

A) f c (גו GW) AC: ? CO: Back AB: ?

N^m ) f c (גו GW) - I. Back:[Hebrew and Aramaic] II. Middle:The middle or in the midst of anything as the back is in the middle. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (23): back, midst, within the same, wherein, therein, among, body - Strongs: H1458 (גַּו), H1459 (גַּו), H1460 (גֵּו)

N^f1) e f c (גוה GWH) - I. Back: II. Pride:A lifting up of something or oneself in a positive or negative sense. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (5): body, pride, lifting up - Strongs: H1465 (גֵּוָה), H1466 (גֵּוָה), H1467 (גֵּוָה)

f^m) i f c (גוי GWY) - Nation: The people of a nation as the back, or body. KJV (558): nation, heathen, gentiles, people - Strongs: H1471 (גֹּי)

f^f1) e i f c (גויה GWYH) - Back: By extension, the body, either alive or dead, a corpse. KJV (13): body, corpse, carcass - Strongs: H1472 (גְּוִיָּה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

I. גֵּו noun [masculine] back — גֵּו absolute unused, construct Proverbs 10:13 2t., suffix גֵּוִי Isaiah 50:6, גֵּוְךָ Isaiah 38:17, גֵּוֵךְ Isaiah 51:23; — back, as beaten, lashed Proverbs 10:13; Proverbs 19:29; Proverbs 26:3 compare Isaiah 50:6; in phrase ׳הִשְׁלִיךְ אַחֲרֵי ג (as גַּו) Isaiah 38:17, of Yahweh's casting sins of penitent behind his back, putting them out of mind; as trodden upon Isaiah 51:23, figurative of extreme humiliation.

II. גֵּו noun [masculine] midst, Aramaism (compare Aramaic גַּוָּא, גֵּו middle, Late Hebrew גֵּו midst, interior; id., belly, Arabic midst) Job 30:5 מִןגֵּֿו יְגֹרָ֑שׁוּ from the midst (of men) they are driven; Rosenm and others compare Cicero^{Off. iii. 8}: e medio pelluntur.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

גֵּו (for גֵּוֶה, like בֵּן for בֵּנֶה from the root גָּוָה No. I.), const. גֵּו; with suff. גֵּוִי, גֵּוְךָ m.

(1) back, Proverbs 10:13, 19:29 26:3 Isaiah 50:6, 51:23 הִשְׁליךְ אַחֲרֵי גֵּו Isaiah 38:17 see under גַּו.

(2) [“prop. belly”], middle, midst; Job 30:5, מִן־גֵּז יְגֹרָשׁוּ “they are driven from among (men).”

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List of Word Forms

גֵּ֥ו גֵּוִי֙ גֵּוֵ֔ךְ גֵוְךָ֖ גו גוי גוך לְגֵ֣ו לגו ḡê·wə·ḵā gê·wêḵ gê·wî gev geVech geveCha geVi gêw gêwêḵ ḡêwəḵā gêwî lə·ḡêw leGev ləḡêw