גַּב
gab · H1355 · Aramaic · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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back
The rear surface of the body of humans and supernatural beings
ExamplesDaniel 7:6 “After this I kept looking, and behold, another one, like a leopard, which had on its back four wings of a bird; the beast also had four heads, and dominion was given to it.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- הּher 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- עַלon, upon, over, against 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- אָחוֹר ʼâchôwr · H268 · back, backwards
- Hebrew noun/adverb denoting the back or rear part, often used anatomically for the back of the body or spatially for 'behind'; semantically overlaps with גַּב in the sense of 'back' but is a distinct lexeme with broader directional usage.
Contrasting words 1 word
- פָּנִים pânîym · H6440 · face, person
- Hebrew noun for 'face' or 'front,' the anatomical and spatial opposite of 'back'; standard lexical antonym in Hebrew for body-part and directional contrasts.
In the other Testament 1 word
- νῶτος nōtos · G3577 · back
- Greek noun for 'back' (anatomical back of the body), the standard LXX translation equivalent for Hebrew terms denoting the back or posterior part of the body.
Semantic domains 3 entries
- Shape002001001052
- Daniel 7:6 recounts Daniel's vision, “another one, like a leopard, which had on its back four wings of a bird.”
- Vehicles001003001001019
- This Vehicles code is inherited from the shared lemma-cluster grouping's “rim” sense (the felloe of a wheel); this word's single occurrence, describing a leopard's back, does not attest it.
- Speak002004001009008
- This Speak code is likewise inherited from the shared lemma-cluster grouping's “response; defense” sense, not attested by this word's single “back” occurrence.
Word family 4 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H1355. gab [גַּב] noun [masculine] either back (גַּב ᵑ7 back, top; Biblical Hebrew גַּב,…
[גַּב] noun [masculine] either back (גַּב ᵑ7 back, top; Biblical Hebrew גַּב, √ גנב), or < side (√ גנב, compare Arabic side, Syriac side, √ ; — see also DWB 65); — plural suffix Dan 7:6 Kt wings עַלגַּֿבַּיהּ on its sides (Bev Behrm Dr; Qr גַּבַּהּ perhaps its back, so most).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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