Hebrew noun (masculine) · H1460
גֵּו
gevgave
back; midst
7 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: gêv
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H1460is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 39Old Testament books
- 5spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H1460
the back; by analogy, the middle
The King James renders it: [phrase] among, back, body.
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
gev is rendered "back; midst". It stands 7 times in the Hebrew text, across three books.
- Three of the uses stand in Proverbs, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "back".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Job 30:5They were banished from among men, shouted down like thieves,
- The Greek text spells it five different ways.
The first use
They were banished from among men, shouted down like thieves,
Job 30:5גֵּ֥ו
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: back, and midst.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| backStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereJob 30:5They were banished from among men, shouted down like thieves, |
| midstStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- for back of3
- back your2
- back my1
- community1
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.
All 7, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
5 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
- לְגֵ֣ו3
- גֵּ֥ו1
- גֵּוִי֙1
- גֵוְךָ֖1
- גֵּוֵ֔ךְ1
The grammar of each form
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)3HR/Ncmsc
- noun · masculine singular1HNcmsa
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1HNcmsc/Sp1bs
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular1HNcmsc/Sp2fs
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1HNcmsc/Sp2ms
Job
one use
They were banished from among men, shouted down like thieves,
- גֵּ֥וgevnoun · masculine singulartagged: community
Proverbs
three uses
Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks judgment.
- לְגֵ֣וlegevpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: for back of
Judgments are prepared for mockers, and beatings for the backs of fools.
- לְגֵ֣וlegevpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: for back of
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!
- לְגֵ֣וlegevpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: for back of
Isaiah
three uses
Surely for my own welfare I had such great anguish; but Your love has delivered me from the pit of oblivion, for You have cast all my sins behind Your back.
- גֵוְךָ֖gevekhanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: back your
I offered My back to those who struck Me, and My cheeks to those who tore out My beard. I did not hide My face from scorn and spittle.
- גֵּוִי֙gevinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: back my
I will place it in the hands of your tormentors, who told you: ‘Lie down, so we can walk over you,’ so that you made your back like the ground, like a street to be traversed.”
- גֵּוֵ֔ךְgevekhnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: back your
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 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.