Hebrew noun (Aramaic, masculine) · H1459
גַּו
gavgav
midst
13 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H1459is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 39Old Testament books
- 9spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H1459
the middle
The King James renders it: midst, same, there-(where-) in.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
gav is rendered "midst". It stands 13 times in the Hebrew text, across two books.
- Ten of the uses stand in Daniel, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Ezra 4:15that a search should be made of the record books of your fathers. In these books you will discover and verify that the city is a rebellious city, harmful to kings and provinces, inciting sedition from ancient times. That is why this city was destroyed.
- The Greek text spells it nine different ways.
The first use
that a search should be made of the record books of your fathers. In these books you will discover and verify that the city is a rebellious city, harmful to kings and provinces, inciting sedition from ancient times. That is why this city was destroyed.
Ezra 4:15בְּגַוַּ֔הּ
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- to midst of6
- in midst its3
- in midst of3
- midst of1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| גַּו | gav | the back | Uses3 |
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
All 13, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
9 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- לְגֽוֹא־5
- בְּג֥וֹא1
- בְּג֣וֹא1
- בְּגֽוֹא־1
- בְּגַוֵּ֔הּ1
- בְּגַוַּ֔הּ1
- בְּגַוַּ֖הּ1
- גּ֥וֹא1
- לְגוֹא־1
The grammar of each form
- preposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)9AR/Ncbsc
- preposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular3AR/Ncbsc/Sp3fs
- noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1ANcbsc
Ezra
three uses
that a search should be made of the record books of your fathers. In these books you will discover and verify that the city is a rebellious city, harmful to kings and provinces, inciting sedition from ancient times. That is why this city was destroyed.
- בְּגַוַּ֔הּbegavahpreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: in midst its
The report they sent him read as follows: To King Darius: All peace.
- בְּגַוֵּ֔הּbegavehpreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: in midst its
And a scroll was found in the fortress of Ecbatana, in the province of Media, with the following written on it: Memorandum:
- בְּגַוַּ֖הּbegavahpreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: in midst its
Daniel
ten uses
And whoever does not fall down and worship will immediately be thrown into the blazing fiery furnace.”
- לְגֽוֹא־legoy'-preposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to midst of
and that whoever does not fall down and worship will be thrown into the blazing fiery furnace.
- לְגֽוֹא־legoy'-preposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to midst of
Now, if you are ready, as soon as you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the statue I have made. But if you refuse to worship, you will be thrown at once into the blazing fiery furnace. Then what god will be able to deliver you from my hands?”
- לְגֽוֹא־legoy'-preposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to midst of
So they were tied up, wearing robes, trousers, turbans, and other clothes, and they were thrown into the blazing fiery furnace.
- לְגֽוֹא־legoy'-preposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to midst of
And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, firmly bound, fell into the blazing fiery furnace.
- לְגֽוֹא־legoy'-preposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to midst of
Suddenly King Nebuchadnezzar jumped up in amazement and asked his advisers, “Did we not throw three men, firmly bound, into the fire?” “Certainly, O king,” they replied.
- לְגוֹא־legoy'-preposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to midst of
“Look!” he exclaimed. “I see four men, unbound and unharmed, walking around in the fire—and the fourth looks like a son of the gods!”
- בְּגֽוֹא־begoy'-preposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in midst of
Then Nebuchadnezzar approached the door of the blazing fiery furnace and called out, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the Most High God, come out!” So Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out of the fire,
- גּ֥וֹאgo'noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: midst of
In these visions of my mind as I was lying in bed, I saw this come to pass: There was a tree in the midst of the land, and its height was great.
- בְּג֥וֹאbego'preposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in midst of
I, Daniel, was grieved in my spirit, and the visions in my mind alarmed me.
- בְּג֣וֹאbego'preposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in midst of
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.