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Midst

גַּוStrong’s H1459

gav

Appears in 13 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Gav is the Aramaic word usually translated “midst of” and “midst its”. It appears in 13 verses of the Old Testament.

“And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.”
Daniel 3:6 KJV
Meaning
  1. Midst, the midst
How it's translated
  • to midst of 6
  • in midst its 3
  • in midst of 3
  • midst of 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Daniel 10
  • Ezra 3

2 books in all.

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Aramaic dictionary

גַּו gav · midst

midst, the midst Aramaic of gev (גֵּו "midst" H1460B)

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “midst” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

MIDST, noun

[contracted from middest, the superlative of mid.]

    All definitions and other forms of “midst”

      MIDST, adverb

      In the middle.

        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 Aramaic, not from any one translation.