Definition

the back (as rounded); by analogy, the top or rim, a boss, a vault, arch of eye, bulwarks, etc.

Etymology

from an unused root meaning to hollow or curve; (compare H1460 (גֵּו) and H1479 (גּוּף))

Where the KJV renders it

• back
• body
• boss
• eminent (higher) place
• (eye) brows
• nave
• ring

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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