Strong’s H1465 · Hebrew

גֵּוָה
gêvâh
gay-vaw'

Definition

the back, i.e. (by extensive) the person

Etymology

feminine of H1460 (גֵּו);

Where the KJV renders it

  • body

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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