גַבgab
גַּב: back, see below גבב
Pronunciation: gab · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1354
Meanings
גַּב: anything convex, curved, gibbous, e.g. back
1. back (Psalms 129:3; Ezekiel 10:12)
2. mound (Ezekiel 16:24; Ezekiel 16:31; Ezekiel 16:39)
3. boss (Job 15:26)
4. bulwarks, breastworks (Job 13:12)
5. brow (Leviticus 14:9)
6. rim (1 Kings 7:33; Ezekiel 1:18; Ezekiel 10:12)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 13 times in the Bible.
- Leviticus 14:9 On the seventh day they must again shave all the hair from their heads, including the hair of the beard and eyebrows. They must also wash their clothes and bathe themselves in water. Then they will be ceremonially clean.
- 1 Kings 7:33 and were similar to chariot wheels. The axles, spokes, rims, and hubs were all cast from molten bronze.
- Job 13:12 Your platitudes are as valuable as ashes. Your defense is as fragile as a clay pot.
- Job 15:26 Holding their strong shields, they defiantly charge against him.
- Psalms 129:3 My back is covered with cuts, as if a farmer had plowed long furrows.
- Ezekiel 1:18 The rims of the four wheels were tall and frightening, and they were covered with eyes all around.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).