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Lexicon :: Strong's H1354 - gaḇ

Aa
גַּב
Transliteration
gaḇ
Pronunciation
gab
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Part of Speech
masculine/feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root
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TWOT Reference: 303a

Strong’s Definitions

גַב gab, gab; 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.:—back, body, boss, eminent (higher) place, (eye) brows, nave, ring.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x

The KJV translates Strong's H1354 in the following manner: eminent place (3x), rings (2x), bodies (2x), back (1x), backs (1x), bosses (1x), eyebrows (1x), naves (1x), higher place (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x
The KJV translates Strong's H1354 in the following manner: eminent place (3x), rings (2x), bodies (2x), back (1x), backs (1x), bosses (1x), eyebrows (1x), naves (1x), higher place (1x).

  1. convex surface, back

    1. back (of man)

    2. mound (for illicit worship)

    3. boss (convex projection of shield)

    4. bulwarks, breastworks (of arguments - fig.)

    5. brow, eyebrow

    6. rim (of wheel)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
גַב gab, gab; 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.:—back, body, boss, eminent (higher) place, (eye) brows, nave, ring.
STRONGS H1354: Abbreviations
† גַּב noun masculine? compare Ezekiel 43:13 (feminineEzekiel 1:18) anything convex, curved, gibbous, e.g. back, chiefly late; — absolute גָּ֑ב Ezekiel 16:24; construct גַּב Ezekiel 43:13 (read גֹּבַהּ Greek Version of the LXX Ew Sm Co); suffix גַּבִּי Psalm 129:3, גַּבֵךְ Ezekiel 16:31, 39; plural construct גַּבֹּת Leviticus 14:9, גַּבֵּי Job 13:12; Job 15:26; suffix גַּבֵּיהֶם 1 Kings 7:33, גַּבֵּהֶם Ezekiel 10:12, גַּבֵּיהֶן Ezekiel 1:18, גַֹּבֹּתָם Ezekiel 1:18; —
1. back, of man (figurative of Israel) Psalm 129:3; apparently of cherubim Ezekiel 10:12, but Hi Sm emend v. so that גּ׳ refers to wheels, rim see 6 below
2. mound, for illicit worship Ezekiel 16:24, 31, 39 (all || רמה); Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate lupanar, brothel, after analogy of fornix, but this without sufficient proof, & needless.
3. boss, or convex projection, of shield Job 15:26 (figurative) he runneth against him... with the stout bosses of his shields (i.e. wicked against י׳); so ظهر in Arabic in similar phrase; compare also Arabic جَوْبً, shield; also French bouclier from boucle.
4. bulwarks, breastworks, figurative for arguments לְגַבֵּי־חֹמֶר גַּבֵּיכֶם Job 13:12 breastworks of clay are your breastworks.
5. brow, only גַּבֹּת עֵינָיו Leviticus 14:9 his eyebrows.
6. rim of wheel, felloe 1 Kings 7:33; Ezekiel 1:18 (twice in verse); so perhaps Ezekiel 10:12 see 1 above — Ezekiel 43:13; elevation, i.e. basement of altar, Da after MT., but see H1363 גֹּבַהּ, compare above.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H1355.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Leviticus

14:9; 14:9

1 Kings

7:33; 7:33

Job

13:12; 13:12; 15:26; 15:26

Psalms

129:3; 129:3

Ezekiel

1:18; 1:18; 1:18; 1:18; 10:12; 10:12; 10:12; 16:24; 16:24; 16:31; 16:31; 16:39; 16:39; 43:13; 43:13; 43:13

H1354

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1354 matches the Hebrew גַּב (gaḇ),
which occurs 13 times in 11 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:9 - “On the seventh day he shall shave off all his hair: he shall shave his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair [on his body]. Then he shall wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and be clean.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:33 - The wheels were made like a chariot wheel: their axles, their rims, their spokes, and their hubs were all cast.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:12 -

“Your memorable sayings are [worthless, merely] proverbs of ashes;

Your defenses are defenses of [crumbling] clay.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:26 -

Running and charging headlong against Him

With his ornamented and massive shield;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 129:3 -

“The [enemies, like] plowers plowed on my back;

They made their furrows [of suffering] long [in Israel].”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:18 - Regarding their rims: they were so high that they were awesome and dreadful, and the rims of all four of them were full of eyes all around.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:12 - Their whole body, their backs, their hands, their wings, and the wheels were full of eyes all around, even the wheels belonging to all four of them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:24 - that you built yourself an [fn]altar for prostitution and made yourself a high place [for ritual prostitution] in every square [of Jerusalem].

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:31 - “When you built your shrine altar for prostitution at the beginning of every street and made your high place in every public square, you were not like a prostitute because you refused payment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:39

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:39 - “I will also hand you over to your lovers, and they will tear down your shrines, demolish your high places, strip you of your clothing, take away your jewels, and they will leave you naked and bare.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:13 -

“And these are the measurements of the altar [of burnt offering] in cubits (the cubit being a [long] cubit [the length of a forearm] and a hand width): the [fn]base shall be a cubit [long] and a cubit wide, with its border on its edge all around it of a span [in width]. And this shall be the height of the [fn]base of the altar.

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