גֵּוgêv/gave/
HebrewH14607 occurrences (KJV)
the back; by analogy, the middle
KJV renders it: [phrase] among, back, body.
Where it appears
- Job 30:5They are driven out from among men. They cry after them as after a thief;
- Prov 10:13Wisdom is found on the lips of him who has discernment, but a rod is for the back of him who is void of understanding.
- Prov 19:29Penalties are prepared for scoffers, and beatings for the backs of fools.
- Prov 26:3A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools!
- Isa 38:17Behold, for peace I had great anguish, but you have in love for my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption; for you have cast all my sins behind your back.
- Isa 50:6I gave my back to those who beat me, and my cheeks to those who plucked off the hair. I didn’t hide my face from shame and spitting.
- Isa 51:23and I will put it into the hand of those who afflict you, who have said to your soul, ‘Bow down, that we may walk over you;’ and you have laid your back as the ground, like a street to those who walk over.”
Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.