גַּב (gab) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning back. It appears
13 times
in 5 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H1354).
Also rendered
back/rim/brow
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 303a)
Range of meaning (TWOT 303a)back; mound; boss; bulwarks, breastworks; brow; rim; top, vault, arch of eye; body, eminent place, nave, ring
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
גַּבnoun, masculine: back
1.back
2.mound
3.boss, or convex projection, of shield
4.bulwarks, breastworks
5.brow
6.rim of wheel
Strong's H1354גַב: the back (as rounded); by analogy, the top or rim, a boss, a vault, arch of eye, bulwarks, etc. KJV:back, body, boss, eminent (higher) place, (eye) brows, nave, ring.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.
Root family 303: גבבgbb — be curved, convex, elevated, hill, be, make hollow, dig, cut off, out, cistern, cisterns of water