Word Study · Strong's H1354 · Hebrew
גַב
gab
gab
“the back (as rounded)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
the back (as rounded); by analogy, the top or rim, a boss, a vault, arch of eye, bulwarks, etc.
Rendered in the KJV as
back, body, boss, eminent (higher) place, (eye) brows, nave, ring.
- 13occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 5 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 13inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 13 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 13
- גֶּ֑ב1
- גַּ֥ב1
- גַּ֭בִּי1
- גַּבֵּ֥י1
- גַּבֵּיכֶֽם׃1
- גַבֵּךְ֙1
- גַּבֵּךְ֙1
- גַּבֹּ֣ת1
- וְגַבֵּהֶ֔ם1
- וְגַבֵּיהֶ֗ם1
- וְגַ֨בֵּיהֶ֔ן1
- וְגַבֹּתָ֗ם1
and 1 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 10
- and rims their3
- mound your2
- [are] to defenses of1
- [is] [the] mound of1
- [the] bosses of1
- [the] eyebrows of1
- a mound1
- and backs their1
- back my1
- defenses your1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 11
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural2
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine plural1
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)1
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine plural1
- noun · masculine singular1
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1
- preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HC/Ncmpc/Sp3mp · 2
- HNcmsc/Sp2fs · 2
- HC/Ncfpc/Sp3mp · 1
- HC/Ncmpc/Sp3fp · 1
- HNcfpc · 1
- HNcmpc · 1
- HNcmpc/Sp2mp · 1
- HNcmsa · 1
- HNcmsc · 1
- HNcmsc/Sp1bs · 1
- HR/Ncmpc · 1
All 13, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Ezekiel carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Job3 occurrences
- Job 13:12לְגַבֵּי־legabei-preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)Your maxims are proverbs of ashes; your defenses are defenses of clay.here: [are] to defenses of
- Job 13:12גַּבֵּיכֶֽם׃gabeikhemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluralYour maxims are proverbs of ashes; your defenses are defenses of clay.here: defenses your
- Job 15:26גַּבֵּ֥יgabeinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)rushing headlong at Him with a thick, studded shield.here: [the] bosses of
Ezekiel7 occurrences
- Ezekiel 1:18וְגַ֨בֵּיהֶ֔ןvegabeihenconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine pluralTheir rims were high and awesome, and all four rims were full of eyes all around.here: and rims their
- Ezekiel 1:18וְגַבֹּתָ֗םvegabotamconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralTheir rims were high and awesome, and all four rims were full of eyes all around.here: and rims their
- Ezekiel 10:12וְגַבֵּהֶ֔םvegabehemconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralTheir entire bodies, including their backs, hands, and wings, were full of eyes all around, as were their four wheels.here: and backs their
- Ezekiel 16:24גֶּ֑בgevnoun · masculine singularyou built yourself a mound and made yourself a lofty shrine in every public square.here: a mound
- Ezekiel 16:31גַּבֵּךְ֙gabekhnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singularBut 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.here: mound your
- Ezekiel 16:39גַבֵּךְ֙gabekhnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singularThen 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.here: mound your
- Ezekiel 43:13גַּ֥בgavnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)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:here: [is] [the] mound of