Word Study · Strong's H1356 · Hebrew
גֵּב
geb
gabe
Strong's 1890 spelling: gêb
“a log (as cut out)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a log (as cut out); also well or cistern (as dug)
Rendered in the KJV as
beam, ditch, pit.
- 4occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- גֵּבִ֔ים1
- גֵּבִ֞ים1
- גֵּבִ֥ים׀1
- גֵּבִֽים׃1
How it is rendered · 3
- ditches2
- [the] cisterns1
- beams1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 1
- noun · masculine plural4
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- HNcmpa · 4
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Where this word lives
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1 Kings1 occurrence
2 Kings2 occurrences
Same headword in Strong's