nave Summary and Overview
Bible Dictionaries at a Glance
nave in Smith's Bible Dictionary
(Heb. gao), anything convex or arched, as the boss of a shield, #Job 15:26| the eyebrows, #Le 14:9| an eminent place. #Eze 16:31| It is rendered once only in the plural, "naves," #1Ki 7:33| meaning the centres of the wheels in which the spokes are inserted i.e. the hubs. In #Eze 1:18| it is rendered twice "rings," and margin "strakes," an old word apparently used for the nave (hub) of a wheel and also more probably for the felloe or the tire, as making the streak or stroke upon the ground.