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Lexicon :: Strong's H1472 - gᵊvîyâ

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גְּוִיָּה
Transliteration
gᵊvîyâ
Pronunciation
ghev-ee-yaw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Prolonged for גֵּוָה (H1465)
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TWOT Reference: 326d

Strong’s Definitions

גְּוִיָּה gᵉvîyâh, ghev-ee-yaw'; prolonged for H1465; a body, whether alive or dead:—(dead) body, carcase, corpse.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x

The KJV translates Strong's H1472 in the following manner: body (9x), corpse (2x), carcase (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x
The KJV translates Strong's H1472 in the following manner: body (9x), corpse (2x), carcase (2x).

  1. a body (of living creatures)

  2. a corpse, carcass, dead body

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
גְּוִיָּה gᵉvîyâh, ghev-ee-yaw'; prolonged for H1465; a body, whether alive or dead:—(dead) body, carcase, corpse.
STRONGS H1472: Abbreviations
† גְּוִיָּה noun feminine body, corpse — absolute ג׳ Nahum 3:3; construct גְּוִיַּת Judges 14:8 + 2 times; suffix גְּוִיָּתוֺ 1 Samuel 31:10; Daniel 10:6, גְּוִיָּתֵנוּ Genesis 47:18, גְּוִיָּתָם Nahum 3:3; plural absolute גְּוִיּוֺת Psalm 110:6; suffix גְּוִיֹּתֵנוּ Nehemiah 9:37, גְּוִיֹּתֵיהֶם Ezekiel 1:23, גְּוִיֹּתֵיהֶ֑נָֿה Ezekiel 1:11; —
1. living human body Genesis 47:18 (singular, of many persons), compare plural Nehemiah 9:37; of man in Daniel's vision Daniel 10:6 (body apart from extremities); also of the living creatures in Ezekiel's vision Ezekiel 1:11, 28.
2. dead body, corpse, carcass:
a. of man 1 Samuel 31:10 (so originally in || 1 Chronicles 10:10 see WeSm compare Dr) 1 Chronicles 10:12; 1 Chronicles 10:12 (singular of several persons), Psalm 110:6; collective Nahum 3:3 (twice in verse);
b. of lion Judges 14:8, 9.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

47:18; 47:18

Judges

14:8; 14:8; 14:9

1 Samuel

31:10; 31:10

1 Chronicles

10:10; 10:12; 10:12

Nehemiah

9:37; 9:37

Psalms

110:6; 110:6

Ezekiel

1:11; 1:11; 1:23; 1:28

Daniel

10:6; 10:6

Nahum

3:3; 3:3; 3:3

H1472

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1472 matches the Hebrew גְּוִיָּה (gᵊvîyâ),
which occurs 13 times in 11 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:18 - When that year had ended, they came to him the next year and said to him, “We will not hide from my lord that our money is gone; my lord also has our herds of livestock. There is nothing left in the sight of my lord but our bodies and our lands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:8 - After some time, when he returned to get her, he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion. And behold, a swarm of bees and honey were in the carcass of the lion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 14:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:9 - He took some of it in his hands and went along, eating. When he came to his father and mother, he gave some to them, and they also ate. But he did not tell them that he had taken the honey out of the carcass of the lion.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 31:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:10 - Then they put his armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths, and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth Shan.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 31:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:12 - all the valiant men arose and traveled all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth Shan; and they came to Jabesh and burned them there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:37 - And it yields much increase to the kings
You have set over us,
Because of our sins;
Also they have dominion over our bodies and our cattle
At their pleasure;
And we are in great distress.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 110:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 110:6 - He shall judge among the nations,
He shall fill the places with dead bodies,
He shall execute the heads of many countries.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:11 - Thus were their faces. Their wings stretched upward; two wings of each one touched one another, and two covered their bodies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:23 - And under the firmament their wings spread out straight, one toward another. Each one had two which covered one side, and each one had two which covered the other side of the body.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:6 - His body was like beryl, his face like the appearance of lightning, his eyes like torches of fire, his arms and feet like burnished bronze in color, and the sound of his words like the voice of a multitude.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:3 - Horsemen charge with bright sword and glittering spear.
There is a multitude of slain,
A great number of bodies,
Countless corpses—
They stumble over the corpses—
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