גֵּב
gev · beam, coffer; pit
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H1356 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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gev (גֵּב) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “beam, coffer; pit”.
Beam or coffer of a ceiling; also a ditch or cistern that is dug. In 1 Kings 6:9 it refers to the roof of the house.
How to say it
gev
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
- Recessed panels of a ceiling.
- A hole or water reservoir.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- pits ×2
- coffers ×1
- pools ×1
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- 1 Kings 6:9
So he built the house and finished it, and he roofed the house with coffers and rows of cedar.
- 2 Kings 3:16
He said, “Thus says YHWH, ‘Make this wadi full of pits upon pits.’
- Jeremiah 14:3
And their nobles send their little ones for water; they come to the pools, they do not find water; they return, their vessels empty; they are ashamed and humiliated, and they cover their heads.
And 1 more times.