גַב gab

Meaning

the back (as rounded); by analogy, the top or rim, a boss, a vault, arch of eye, bulwarks, etc.

In the King James Version: back, body, boss, eminent (higher) place, (eye) brows, nave, ring.

Derivation: from an unused root meaning to hollow or curve; (compare H1460 (גֵּו) and H1479 (גּוּף))

Where it is used

• Leviticus 14:9 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.
• 1 Kings 7:33 The wheels were made like chariot wheels; their axles, rims, spokes, and hubs were all of cast metal.
• Job 13:12 Your maxims are proverbs of ashes; your defenses are defenses of clay.
• Job 15:26 rushing headlong at Him with a thick, studded shield.
• Psalms 129:3 The plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long.
• Ezekiel 1:18 Their rims were high and awesome, and all four rims were full of eyes all around.
• Ezekiel 10:12 Their entire bodies, including their backs, hands, and wings, were full of eyes all around, as were their four wheels.
• Ezekiel 16:24 you built yourself a mound and made yourself a lofty shrine in every public square.
• Ezekiel 16:31 But 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.
• Ezekiel 16:39 Then 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.
• Ezekiel 43:13 These 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: