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Lexicon :: Strong's H1607 - gāʿaš

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גָּעַשׁ
Transliteration
gāʿaš
Pronunciation
gaw-ash'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 371

Strong’s Definitions

גָּעַשׁ gâʻash, gaw-ash'; a primitive root to agitate violently:—move, shake, toss, trouble.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x

The KJV translates Strong's H1607 in the following manner: shake (5x), move (3x), trouble (1x), toss themselves (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x
The KJV translates Strong's H1607 in the following manner: shake (5x), move (3x), trouble (1x), toss themselves (1x).

  1. to shake, quake

    1. (Qal) to shake

    2. (Pual) to be shaken up, convulsed

    3. (Hithpael) to shake back and forth, toss or reel to and fro

    4. (Hithpoel) to reel to and fro

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
גָּעַשׁ gâʻash, gaw-ash'; a primitive root to agitate violently:—move, shake, toss, trouble.
STRONGS H1607: Abbreviations
† [גָּעַשׁ] verb shake, quake (Late Hebrew id.) —
Qal Imperfect וַתִּגְעַשׁ Psalm 18:8a = 2 Samuel 22:8a Kt (Qr Hithp.); — quake of earth at theophony, Psalm 18:8 = 2 Samuel 22:8 (read Kt; || רעשׁ).
Pu. Imperfect be shaken up, convulsed יְגֹעֲשׁוּעַֿם Job 34:20 a people are convulsed.
Hithp. shake back and forth, toss or reel to and fro וַיִּתְגָּעַשׁ Qr 2 Samuel 22:8a (< Kt Qal); יִתְגָּֽעֲשׁוּ Jeremiah 46:7, וַיִּתְגָּֽעֲשׁוּ Psalm 18:8b + 2 times; — of mountains Psalm 18:8b = 2 Samuel 22:8b; of waves of sea, Jeremiah 5:22; of waters of Nile Jeremiah 46:7 (compare Jeremiah 46:8).
Hithpo. Perfect וְהִתְגֹּעֲשׁוּ consecutive Jeremiah 25:16; Imperfect יִתְגֹּעֲשׁוּ Jeremiah 46:8; id. of waters of Nile Jeremiah 46:8; of drunken men, reel to and fro, Jeremiah 25:16 (figurative of nations confounded by י׳).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Samuel

22:8; 22:8; 22:8; 22:8

Job

34:20

Psalms

18:8; 18:8; 18:8; 18:8

Jeremiah

5:22; 25:16; 25:16; 46:7; 46:7; 46:8; 46:8; 46:8

H1607

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1607 matches the Hebrew גָּעַשׁ (gāʿaš),
which occurs 10 times in 7 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:8 - “Then the earth reeled and rocked;
the foundations of the heavens trembled
and quaked, because he was angry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:20 - In a moment they die;
at midnight the people are shaken and pass away,
and the mighty are taken away by no human hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:7 - Then the earth reeled and rocked;
the foundations also of the mountains trembled
and quaked, because he was angry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:22 - Do you not fear me? declares the LORD.
Do you not tremble before me?
I placed the sand as the boundary for the sea,
a perpetual barrier that it cannot pass;
though the waves toss, they cannot prevail;
though they roar, they cannot pass over it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:16 - They shall drink and stagger and be crazed because of the sword that I am sending among them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:7 - “Who is this, rising like the Nile,
like rivers whose waters surge?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:8 - Egypt rises like the Nile,
like rivers whose waters surge.
He said, ‘I will rise, I will cover the earth,
I will destroy cities and their inhabitants.’
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