Strong’s H1356 · Hebrew
גֵּב
gêb · gabe
Origin from גּוּב (H1461);
Meaning a log (as cut out); also well or cistern (as dug)
In the King James Version beam, ditch, pit.
In 3 verses of the King James Version
- 1 Kings 6:9So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.
- 2 Kings 3:16And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full of ditches.
- Jeremiah 14:3And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.