Occurrences
Gêv occurs 7 times in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Job (1), Proverbs (3), Isaiah (3)
- Job 30:5 — They were driven forth from among (גֵּ֥ו) men, (they cried after them as after a thief;)
- Proverbs 10:13 — In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back (לְגֵ֣ו) of him that is void of understanding.
- Proverbs 19:29 — Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back (לְגֵ֣ו) of fools.
- Proverbs 26:3 — A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool’s back (לְגֵ֣ו).
- Isaiah 38:17 — Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back (גֵוְךָ֖).
- Isaiah 50:6 — I gave my back (גֵּוִי֙) to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.
- Isaiah 51:23 — But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body (גֵּוֵ֔ךְ) as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over.