Gob
גֹּבStrong’s H1359gov
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Gov is the Hebrew word usually translated “at gob”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph, which was of the sons of the giant.”
Meaning
- Gob = "cistern"
How it's translated
- at gob 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Samuel 2
1 book in all.
Related words
Hebrew dictionary
גֹּב gov · Gob
Gob = "cistern" a place which was the scene of two encounters between David's warriors and the Philistines (also '"Gezer') Another name of ge.zer (גֶּ֫זֶר "Gezer" H1507)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “gob” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
GOB, noun
[Heb. a hill, a boss.]
A little mass or collection; a mouthful. [A low word.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.