Lexicon :: Strong's H1478 - gāvaʿ

“Understand that I am bringing a flood ​— ​floodwaters on the earth to destroy every creature under heaven with the breath of life in it. Everything on earth will perish.

Every creature perished ​— ​those that crawl on the earth, birds, livestock, wildlife, and those that swarm on the earth, as well as all mankind.

He took his last breath and died at a good old age, old and contented,[fn] and he was gathered to his people.

This is the length[fn] of Ishmael’s life: 137 years. He took his last breath and died, and was gathered to his people.

He took his last breath and died, and was gathered to his people, old and full of days. His sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

When Jacob had finished giving charges to his sons, he drew his feet into the bed, took his last breath, and was gathered to his people.

Then the Israelites declared to Moses, “Look, we’re perishing! We’re lost; we’re all lost!

The people quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had perished when our brothers perished before the LORD.

When the whole community saw that Aaron had passed away, the entire house of Israel mourned for him thirty days.

“Wasn’t Achan son of Zerah unfaithful regarding what was set apart for destruction, bringing wrath on the entire community of Israel? He was not the only one who perished because of his iniquity.’ ”

Why was I not stillborn;

why didn’t I die as I came from the womb?

“Why did you bring me out of the womb?

I should have died and never been seen.

Can anyone indict me?

If so, I will be silent and die.

But a person dies and fades away;

he breathes his last ​— ​where is he?

I will never affirm that you are right.

I will maintain my integrity[fn] until I die.

So I thought, “I will die in my own nest

and multiply my days as the sand.[fn]

every living thing would perish together

and mankind would return to the dust.

But if they do not listen,

they will cross the river of death[fn]

and die without knowledge.

From my youth,

I have been suffering and near death.

I suffer your horrors; I am desperate.

When you hide your face,

they are terrified;

when you take away their breath,

they die and return to the dust.

I called to my lovers,

but they betrayed me.

My priests and elders

perished in the city

while searching for food

to keep themselves alive.

“In the whole land —

this is the LORD’s declaration —

two-thirds[fn] will be cut off and die,

but a third will be left in it.