גַּב
gav
- back/rim/brow
- back
STEPBible TBESH
Glosses: 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)
BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
Glosses: back
Root √גבב: גבב גִּבְּבָא גֹּב גֹּב be curved, convex, elevated hill be make hollow, dig cut off out cistern cisterns of water Arabic Arabic Ethiopic gubbu gubbâni ša mê (prob. Aram.;or, Ar. or. Aram. Eth.As. —all=; cf. e.g. As. Asrb Annals Col. viii. 102, KB ii. 220; v. n.pr.infr.)
גַּב n.m back back mound boss , or convex projection, of shield bulwarks breastworks , brow rim of wheel . anything convex, curved, gibbous, e,g. chiefly late