גַּו gav

Hebrew word for “midst” · Strong’s H1459 · used 13 times in 13 verses

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Meaning

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

How it is translated

Glosses given for gav in context, with how often each is used:

• midst 13

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Daniel 3 (8), Ezra 4 (1), Ezra 5 (1), Ezra 6 (1), Daniel 4 (1), Daniel 7 (1)

Forms

• לגוא 6
• בגוה 3
• בגוא 3
• גוא 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with gav more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• נוּר nur “fire” 8
• יְקַד yeqad “to burn” 6
• אַתּוּן attun “furnace” 6
• רְמָא remah “to cast” 5
• דִּי di “that” 7
• נְפַל nephal “to fall” 4
• לָא la “not” 5
• גְּבַר gevar “man” 4
• כְּפַת kephat “to bind” 3
• מָן man “who?” 3
• סְגִד segid “to do homage” 3
• עֲנָה anah “to answer” 3

Key verses

The verses using gav that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Ezra 4:15 — That search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city,…
• Ezra 5:7 — They sent a letter unto him, wherein was written thus; Unto Darius the king, all peace.
• Ezra 6:2 — And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of the Medes, a roll, and therein was a record thus written:
• Daniel 3:6 — And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
• Daniel 3:15 — Now 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…
• Daniel 3:21 — Then 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 3:23 — And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
• Daniel 3:24 — Then 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…
• Daniel 3:25 — He 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.
• Daniel 3:26 — Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, and spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, ye servants of the most high…
• Daniel 4:10 — Thus were the visions of mine head in my bed; I saw, and behold a tree in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof was great.
• Daniel 7:15 — I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.