rib And the {rib}, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. rib <2SA2 -23> Howbeit he refused to turn aside: wherefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear smote him under the fifth [{rib}], that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place: and it came to pass, [that] as man y as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still. rib <2SA3 -27> And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth [{rib}], that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother. rib <2SA4 -6> And they came thither into the midst of the house, [as though] they would have fetched wheat; and they smote him under the fifth [{rib}]: and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped. rib <2SA20 -10> But Amasa took no heed to the sword that [was] in Joab's hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth [{rib}], and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheb a the son of Bichri. ~~~~~~