גֵּו gêv
Meaning
the back; by analogy, the middle
In the King James Version: [phrase] among, back, body.
Derivation: from H1342 (גָּאָה) (corresponding to H1354 (גַב));
Where it is used
- Job 30:5 They were banished from among men, shouted at like thieves,
- Proverbs 10:13 Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks judgment.
- Proverbs 19:29 Judgments are prepared for mockers, and beatings for the backs of fools.
- Proverbs 26:3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!
- Isaiah 38:17 Surely for my own welfare I had such great anguish; but Your love has delivered me from the pit of oblivion, for You have cast all my sins behind Your back.
- Isaiah 50:6 I offered My back to those who struck Me, and My cheeks to those who tore out My beard. I did not hide My face from scorn and spittle.
- Isaiah 51:23 I will place it in the hands of your tormentors, who told you: ‘Lie down, so we can walk over you,’ so that you made your back like the ground, like a street to be traversed.”