King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H1460
Transliteration: gev
Phonetic Spelling: (gave)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: the back
Meaning: the back, the middle
Word Summary
gev: the back
Original Word: גֵּוTransliteration: gev
Phonetic Spelling: (gave)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: the back
Meaning: the back, the middle
Strong's 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
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H1460. gev
I. גֵּו noun [masculine] back — גֵּו absolute unused, construct Proverbs 10:13 2t., suffix גֵּוִי Isaiah 50:6, גֵּוְךָ 38:17, גֵּוֵךְ 51:23; — back, as beaten, lashed Proverbs 10:13; 19:29; 26:3 compare Isaiah 50:6; in phrase ג אַחֲרֵי ׳הִשְׁלִיךְ (as גַּו) 38:17, of Yahweh's casting sins of penitent behind his back, putting them out of mind; as trodden upon 51:23, figurative of extreme humiliation.
II. גֵּו noun [masculine] midst, Aramaism (compare Aramaic גֵּו גַּוָּא, middle, Late Hebrew גֵּו midst, interior; id., belly, Arabic midst) Job 30:5 יְגֹרָ֑שׁוּ מִןגֵּֿו from the midst (of men) they are driven; Rosenm and others compare CiceroOff. iii. 8: e medio pelluntur.