Midst
גַּוStrong’s H1459gav
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.”
Meaning
- 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.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 3:11In contextAnd whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, that he should be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
- Daniel 3:15In contextNow if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?
- Daniel 3:21In contextThen these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
- Daniel 3:23In contextAnd these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
- Daniel 3:24In contextThen Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, and rose up in haste, and spake, and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king.
- Daniel 3:25In contextHe answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.
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.