גַּו
gav · back
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H1458 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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Strong’s number identifies this word: use it to find the same word in other study tools.What it means
gav (גַּו) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “back”.
The rear part of the body. "To cast behind one's back" is to set something aside and pay no attention to it.
How to say it
gav
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- The back of the body; to throw something behind one's back is to despise it.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Where it appears
- 1 Kings 14:9
but you have done evil more than all who were before you, and you have gone and made for yourself other gods and cast images to provoke me to anger, and me you have thrown behind your back;
- Nehemiah 9:26
But they were rebellious and rebelled against you, and cast your law behind their back, and your prophets they killed, who testified against them to turn them back to you; and they committed great acts of contempt.
- Ezekiel 23:35
Therefore thus says Adonai YHWH: Because you have forgotten me and cast me behind your back, you also bear your infamy and your prostitutions.