Strong's Hebrew · H1460
גֵּו
gêv · gave
[phrase] among, back, body.
Definition
the back; by analogy, the middle
Derivation
Appears 7 times in Scripture
“Judgments are prepared for mockers, and beatings for the backs of fools.”
“They were banished from among men, shouted at like thieves,”
“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.”
“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.””
“Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks judgment.”
“A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!”
“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.”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).