1358. gob

Strong's Lexicon

gob: Pit, Cistern

Original Word: גֹּבּ
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: gob
Pronunciation: gob
Phonetic Spelling: (gobe)
Definition: Pit, Cistern
Meaning: a pit

Word Origin: Derived from an unused root meaning to dig

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - Strong's Greek 5421: φρέαρ (phrear) - a well or pit

- Strong's Greek 5422: φρέαρ (phrear) - a pit, often used metaphorically for the abyss

Usage: The Hebrew word "gob" refers to a pit or cistern, often used for storing water or as a trap. In biblical contexts, it can denote a physical pit or metaphorically represent a place of danger or entrapment.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Israel, cisterns were essential for collecting and storing rainwater, especially in arid regions. These structures were often dug into the ground and lined with plaster to prevent leakage. Pits could also serve as traps for capturing animals or as prisons for humans. The concept of a pit in biblical literature often carries connotations of danger, imprisonment, or Sheol, the realm of the dead.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
(Aramaic) corresponding to geb
Definition
a pit, den
NASB Translation
den (10).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[גֹּב] noun masculine pit, den of lions (ᵑ7 גּוּב, Syriac pit;? compare Biblical Hebrew גֹּב proper name, of a location, √ גבב); — construct ׳ג Daniel 6:8; Daniel 6:25; גּוֺב Daniel 6:13; emphatic גֻּבָּא Daniel 6:17; Daniel 6:18; Daniel 6:20; Daniel 6:21; Daniel 6:24; Daniel 6:24; Daniel 6:25.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

den

(Aramaic) from a root corresponding to guwb; a pit (for wild animals) (as cut out) -- den.

see HEBREW guwb

Forms and Transliterations

גֻּבָּ֑א גֻּבָּ֗א גבא וּלְגֹ֤ב ולגב לְג֖וֹב לְגֹ֖ב לְגֻבָּ֔א לְגֻבָּ֖א לְגֻבָּ֥א לגב לגבא לגוב gub·bā gubBa gubbā lə·ḡō·wḇ lə·ḡōḇ lə·ḡub·bā leGo ləḡōḇ leGov ləḡōwḇ legubBa ləḡubbā ū·lə·ḡōḇ uleGo ūləḡōḇ

Englishman's Concordance

Daniel 6:7
HEB: מַלְכָּ֔א יִתְרְמֵ֕א לְגֹ֖ב אַרְיָוָתָֽא׃
NAS: shall be cast into the lions' den.
KJV: he shall be cast into the den of lions.
INT: king shall be cast den the lions'

Daniel 6:12
HEB: מַלְכָּ֔א יִתְרְמֵ֕א לְג֖וֹב אַרְיָותָ֑א עָנֵ֨ה
NAS: into the lions' den? The king
KJV: shall be cast into the den of lions?
INT: king is to be cast the den the lions' replied

Daniel 6:16
HEB: לְדָ֣נִיֵּ֔אל וּרְמ֕וֹ לְגֻבָּ֖א דִּ֣י אַרְיָוָתָ֑א
NAS: into the lions' den. The king
KJV: and cast [him] into the den of lions.
INT: and Daniel and cast den whom the lions'

Daniel 6:17
HEB: עַל־ פֻּ֣ם גֻּבָּ֑א וְחַתְמַ֨הּ מַלְכָּ֜א
NAS: the mouth of the den; and the king
KJV: the mouth of the den; and the king
INT: over the mouth of the den sealed and the king

Daniel 6:19
HEB: בְּנָגְהָ֑א וּבְהִ֨תְבְּהָלָ֔ה לְגֻבָּ֥א דִֽי־ אַרְיָוָתָ֖א
NAS: in haste to the lions' den.
KJV: in haste unto the den of lions.
INT: the break haste den forasmuch to the lions'

Daniel 6:20
HEB: וּכְמִקְרְבֵ֣הּ לְגֻבָּ֔א לְדָ֣נִיֵּ֔אל בְּקָ֥ל
NAS: When he had come near the den to Daniel,
KJV: And when he came to the den, he cried
INT: had come the den to Daniel voice

Daniel 6:23
HEB: לְהַנְסָקָ֣ה מִן־ גֻּבָּ֑א וְהֻסַּ֨ק דָּנִיֵּ֜אל
NAS: to be taken up out of the den. So Daniel
KJV: out of the den. So Daniel
INT: up of of the den up Daniel

Daniel 6:23
HEB: דָּנִיֵּ֜אל מִן־ גֻּבָּ֗א וְכָל־ חֲבָל֙
NAS: was taken up out of the den and no
KJV: out of the den, and no
INT: Daniel of of the den whatever injury

Daniel 6:24
HEB: דִּ֣י דָֽנִיֵּ֔אל וּלְגֹ֤ב אַרְיָוָתָא֙ רְמ֔וֹ
NAS: into the lions' den; and they had not reached
KJV: and they cast [them] into the den of lions,
INT: who Daniel den the lions' cast

Daniel 6:24
HEB: מְט֞וֹ לְאַרְעִ֣ית גֻּבָּ֗א עַ֠ד דִּֽי־
NAS: the bottom of the den before
KJV: they came at the bottom of the den.
INT: reached the bottom of the den until who

10 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 1358
10 Occurrences

gub·bā — 4 Occ.
lə·ḡōḇ — 1 Occ.
lə·ḡō·wḇ — 1 Occ.
lə·ḡub·bā — 3 Occ.
ū·lə·ḡōḇ — 1 Occ.