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Lexicon :: Strong's H1478 - gāvaʿ

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גָּוַע
Transliteration
gāvaʿ
Pronunciation
gaw-vah'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 328

Strong’s Definitions

גָּוַע gâvaʻ, gaw-vah'; a primitive root; to breathe out, i.e. (by implication) expire:—die, be dead, give up the ghost, perish.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 24x

The KJV translates Strong's H1478 in the following manner: die (12x), give up the ghost (9x), dead (1x), perish (2x), dead (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 24x
The KJV translates Strong's H1478 in the following manner: die (12x), give up the ghost (9x), dead (1x), perish (2x), dead (1x).

  1. to expire, die, perish, give up the ghost, yield up the ghost, be dead, be ready to die

    1. (Qal) to expire, die, be about to die

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
גָּוַע gâvaʻ, gaw-vah'; a primitive root; to breathe out, i.e. (by implication) expire:—die, be dead, give up the ghost, perish.
STRONGS H1478: Abbreviations
† גָּוַע verb expire perish, die (compare Arabic bdb015707 be empty, hungry) —
Qal Perfect גָּוַע Numbers 20:29; Joshua 22:20 גָּוָ֑עוּ Lamentations 1:19 גָּוַעְנוּ Numbers 17:27; Numbers 20:3; Imperfect יִגְוַע Job 34:15, יִגְוָ֑ע Genesis 6:17, יִגְוְעוּ Job 36:12, יִגְוָע֑וּ Zechariah 13:8, יִגְוָע֑וּן Psalm 104:28 etc.; Infinitive construct גְּוַע Numbers 20:3 גְּוֺעַ Numbers 17:28; Participle גֹּוֵעַ Psalm 88:16; — expire and die, only P & poetry; וימת ג׳ Genesis 25:8, 17; Genesis 35:29 (all P); || מות Job 3:11; Job 14:10 compare Numbers 17:28 (P); || אבד Numbers 17:27 we expire, we perish (P); || עָנִי Psalm 88:15 (progressive parall.) distressed and about to die; || יאסף אל אבותיו Genesis 49:33; || על־עפר ישׁוב Job 34:15 compare Psalm 104:29; || יִכָּֽרְתוּ Zechariah 13:8; absolute, both prose and (especially) poetry Numbers 20:3 (twice in verse); Numbers 20:29; Joshua 22:20; Genesis 6:17; Genesis 7:21 (all P) Job 10:13; Job 13:19; Job 27:5; Job 36:12; Lamentations 1:19; Job 29:18 עִם־קִנִּי אגוע with my nest shall I die, i.e. in full possession of what is mine, compare Di.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

6:17; 6:17; 7:21; 25:8; 25:17; 35:29; 49:33

Numbers

20:3; 20:3; 20:3; 20:29; 20:29

Joshua

22:20; 22:20

Job

3:11; 10:13; 13:19; 14:10; 27:5; 29:18; 34:15; 34:15; 36:12; 36:12

Psalms

88:15; 88:16; 104:28; 104:29

Lamentations

1:19; 1:19

Zechariah

13:8; 13:8

H1478

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1478 matches the Hebrew גָּוַע (gāvaʿ),
which occurs 24 times in 23 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:17 - And behold I bring a [fn]flood of water upon the earth, to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life under heaven, and whatsoever things are upon the earth shall die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:21 - And there died all flesh that moved upon the earth, of flying creatures and cattle, and of wild beasts, and every reptile moving upon the earth, and every man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:8 - And Abraam failing died in a good old age, an old man and full of days, and was added to his people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:17 - And these are the years of the life of Ismael, a hundred and thirty-seven years; and he failed and died, and was added to his [fn]fathers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:29 - And Isaac gave up the ghost and died, and was laid to his family, old and full of days; and Esau and Jacob his sons buried him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:33 - And Jacob ceased giving charges to his sons; and having lifted up his feet on the bed, he died, and was gathered to his people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:12 - (LXX 17:27) And the children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, Behold, we are cut off, we are destroyed, we are consumed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:13 - (LXX 17:28) Every one that touches the tabernacle of the Lord, dies: shall we die utterly?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:3 - And the people reviled Moses, saying, Would we had died in the destruction of our brethren before the Lord!

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:29 - And all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead: and they wept for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:20 - Lo! did not Achar the son of Zara commit a trespass taking of the accursed thing, and there was wrath on the whole congregation of Israel? and he himself died alone in his own sin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:11 - For why died I not in the belly? and why did I not come forth from the womb and die immediately?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:18 - Why then didst thou bring me out of the womb? and why did I not die, and no eye see me,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:19 - For who is he that shall plead with me, that I should now be silent, and expire?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:10 - But a man that has died is utterly gone; and when a mortal has fallen, he is no more.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:5 - Far be it from me that I should justify you till I die; for I will not let go my innocence,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:18 - And I said, My age shall continue as the stem of a palm-tree; I shall live a long while.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:15 - all flesh would die together, and every mortal would return to the earth, whence also he was formed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:12 - But he preserves not the ungodly; because they are not willing to know the Lord, and because when reproved they were disobedient.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:15 - (LXX 87:16) I am poor and in troubles from my youth; and having been exalted, I was brought low and into [fn]despair.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:29 - (LXX 103:29) But when thou hast turned away thy face, they shall be troubled: thou wilt take away their breath, and they shall fail, and return to their dust.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:19 - Koph. I called my lovers, but they deceived me: my priests and my elders failed in the city; for they sought meat that they might restore their souls, and found it not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 13:8 - And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the Lord, two parts thereof shall be cut off and perish; but the third shall be left therein.
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