גַּו (gaw) is a Hebrew noun meaning back. It appears 3 times in 3 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H1458).

Also rendered

• the back

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 326a)

Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

גַּו noun, masculine: back

Strong's H1458 גַּו: the back
KJV:back.

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 326: גוה gwh — project, be convex

• גּוֹי goy — nation
• גְּוִיָּה gĕwîyâ — body
• גֵּו gēw — midst
• גֵּוָה gēwâ — back

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