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
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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“But it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off: and he shall wash his clothes, also he shall was…”