Biblical Hebrew

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hebrew #1460 - גֵּו gev (the back)


Original Word:גֵּו
Transliteration: gev
Definition:the back
Part of Speech:Noun Masculine
Phonetic Spelling:(gave)
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

among, back, body

From ga'ah (corresponding to gab); the back; by analogy, the middle -- + among, back, body.

see HEBREW ga'ah

see HEBREW gab


Englishman's Concordance

1) the back, back, midst
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H1342 [corresponding to H1354]
Same Word by TWOT Number: 326b

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. גֵּוnoun [masculine]backגֵּו absolute unused, construct Proverbs 10:13 2t., suffix גֵּוִיIsaiah 50:6, גֵּוְךָIsaiah 38:17, גֵּוֵךְIsaiah 51:23; — back, as beaten, lashed Proverbs 10:13; Proverbs 19:29; Proverbs 26:3 compare Isaiah 50:6; in phrase ׳הִשְׁלִיךְ אַחֲרֵי ג (as גַּו) Isaiah 38:17, of Yahweh's casting sins of penitent behind his back, putting them out of mind; as trodden upon Isaiah 51:23, figurative of extreme humiliation.

II. גֵּוnoun [masculine]midst, Aramaism (compare Aramaic גַּוָּא, גֵּוmiddle, Late Hebrew גֵּוmidst, interior; id., belly, Arabic midst) Job 30:5מִןגֵּֿו יְגֹרָ֑שׁוּfrom the midst (of men) they are driven; Rosenm and others compare CiceroOff. iii. 8: e medio pelluntur.


Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 1460. גֵּו (gev) — 7 Occurrences

Job 30:5
HEB: מִן־ גֵּ֥ו יְגֹרָ֑שׁוּ יָרִ֥יעוּ
NAS: They are driven from the community; They shout
KJV: They were driven forth from among [men], (they cried
INT: from the community are driven shout

Proverbs 10:13
HEB:חָכְמָ֑ה וְ֝שֵׁ֗בֶט לְגֵ֣ו חֲסַר־ לֵֽב׃
NAS: But a rod is for the back of him who lacks
KJV: but a rod [is] for the back of him that is void
INT: wisdom A rod the back who understanding

Proverbs 19:29
HEB:שְׁפָטִ֑ים וּ֝מַהֲלֻמ֗וֹת לְגֵ֣ו כְּסִילִֽים׃
NAS: And blows for the back of fools.
KJV: and stripes for the back of fools.
INT: Judgments and blows the back of fools

Proverbs 26:3
HEB:לַחֲמ֑וֹר וְ֝שֵׁ֗בֶט לְגֵ֣ו כְּסִילִֽים׃
NAS: And a rod for the back of fools.
KJV: and a rod for the fool's back.
INT: the donkey rod the back of fools

Isaiah 38:17
HEB:הִשְׁלַ֛כְתָּ אַחֲרֵ֥י גֵוְךָ֖ כָּל־ חֲטָאָֽי׃
NAS: my sins behind Your back.
KJV: all my sins behind thy back.
INT: have cast behind your back all my sins

Isaiah 50:6
HEB: גֵּוִי֙ נָתַ֣תִּי לְמַכִּ֔ים
NAS: I gave My back to those who strike
KJV: I gave my back to the smiters,
INT:my back gave strike

Isaiah 51:23
HEB:וַתָּשִׂ֤ימִי כָאָ֙רֶץ֙ גֵּוֵ֔ךְ וְכַח֖וּץ לַעֹבְרִֽים׃
NAS: [you].' You have even made your back like the ground
KJV: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground,
INT: made the ground your back the street over

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