גַב
gab
“the back (as rounded); by analogy, the top or rim, a boss, a vault, arch of eye, bulwarks, etc.”
13 occurrencesOld TestamentUncommon Word
Definition
From Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (1906)
Strong’s Definition
the back (as rounded); by analogy, the top or rim, a boss, a vault, arch of eye, bulwarks, etc.
Translated in KJV as
backbodybosseminent (higher) place(eye) browsnavering.
Etymology
from an unused root meaning to hollow or curve; (compare H1460 (גֵּו) and H1479 (גּוּף))
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