גַּב (gav) means “back/rim/brow” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: gab Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
גַּב · gav · back/rim/brow
1) convex surface, back 1a) back (of man) 1b) mound (for illicit worship) 1c) boss (convex projection of shield) 1d) bulwarks, breastworks (of arguments-fig.) 1e) brow, eyebrow 1f) rim (of wheel) Aramaic equivalent: gav (גַּב "back" H1355)
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from an unused root meaning to hollow or curve; (compare H1460 (גֵּו) and H1479 (גּוּף)) the back (as rounded); by analogy, the top or rim, a boss, a vault, arch of eye, bulwarks, etc.
KJV glosses: back, body, boss, eminent (higher) place, (eye) brows, nave, ring.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| rims | 2 |
| your mounds | 2 |
| a mound | 1 |
| are defenses | 1 |
| his eyebrows | 1 |
| including their backs | 1 |
| my back | 1 |
| studded | 1 |
| the height | 1 |
| their rims | 1 |
| your defenses | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| thine eminent place | 2 |
| and his eyebrows | 1 |
| and their backs | 1 |
| and their naves | 1 |
| and their rings | 1 |
| as for their rings | 1 |
| bosses | 1 |
| the higher place | 1 |
| to bodies | 1 |
| unto thee an eminent place | 1 |
| upon my back | 1 |
| your bodies | 1 |
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On the seventh day he must shave off all his hair—his head, his beard, his eyebrows, and the rest of his hair. He must wash his clothes and bathe himself with water, and he will be clean.
Read word by wordThe wheels were made like chariot wheels; their axles, rims, spokes, and hubs were all of cast metal.
Read word by wordYour maxims are proverbs of ashes; your defenses are defenses of clay.
Read word by wordrushing headlong at Him with a thick, studded shield.
Read word by wordThe plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long.
Read word by wordTheir rims were high and awesome, and all four rims were full of eyes all around.
Read word by wordTheir entire bodies, including their backs, hands, and wings, were full of eyes all around, as were their four wheels.
Read word by wordyou built yourself a mound and made yourself a lofty shrine in every public square.
Read word by wordBut when you built your mounds at the head of every street and made your lofty shrines in every public square, you were not even like a prostitute, because you scorned payment.
Read word by wordThen I will deliver you into the hands of your lovers, and they will level your mounds and tear down your lofty shrines. They will strip off your clothes, take your fine jewelry, and leave you naked and bare.
Read word by wordThese are the measurements of the altar in long cubits (a cubit and a handbreadth): Its gutter shall be a cubit deep and a cubit wide, with a rim of one span around its edge. And this is the height of the altar:
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