Strong's Hebrew · H1460

גֵּו

gêv · gave

[phrase] among, back, body.

Definition

the back; by analogy, the middle

Derivation

from H1342 (גָּאָה) (corresponding to H1354 (גַב));

Appears 7 times in Scripture

Proverbs 19:29

Judgments are prepared for mockers, and beatings for the backs of fools.

Job 30:5

They were banished from among men, shouted at like thieves,

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 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.”

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 26:3

A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!

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.

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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).

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