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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 - “Behold, H2009 I, even I am bringing H935 the flood H3999 of water H4325 upon the earth, H776 to destroy H7843 all H3605 flesh H1320 in which H834 is the breath H7307 of life, H2416 from under H8478 heaven; H8064 everything H3605 that is on the earth H776 shall perish. H1478

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:21 - All H3605 flesh H1320 that [fn]moved H7430 on the earth H776 perished, H1478 birds H5775 and cattle H929 and beasts H2416 and every H3605 swarming H8318 thing H8318 that swarms H8317 upon the earth, H776 and all H3605 mankind; H120

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:8 - Abraham H85 breathed H1478 his last H1478 and died H4191 in a [fn]ripe H2896 old H7872 age, H7872 an old H2205 man H2205 and satisfied H7649 with life; and he was gathered H622 to his people. H5971

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:17 - These H428 are the years H8141 of the life H2416 of Ishmael, H3458 one hundred H3967 and thirty-seven H7970 H7651 years; H8141 and he breathed H1478 his last H1478 and died, H4191 and was gathered H622 to his people. H5971

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:29 - Isaac H3327 breathed H1478 his last H1478 and died H4191 and was gathered H622 to his people, H5971 an old H2205 man H2205 [fn]of ripe H7649 age; H3117 and his sons H1121 Esau H6215 and Jacob H3290 buried H6912 him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:33 - When Jacob H3290 finished H3615 charging H6680 his sons, H1121 he drew H622 his feet H7272 into the bed H4296 and breathed H1478 his last, H1478 and was gathered H622 to his people. H5971

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:12 - Then the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 spoke H559 to Moses, H4872 saying, H559 “Behold, H2005 we perish, H1478 we are dying, H6 we are all H3605 dying! H6

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:13 - “Everyone H3605 who comes H7131 near, H7131 who comes H7131 near H7131 to the tabernacle H4908 of the LORD, H3068 must die. H4191 Are we to perish H1478 completely?” H8552

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:3 - The people H5971 thus contended H7378 with Moses H4872 and spoke, H559 saying, H559 “If H3863 only H3863 we had perished H1478 when our brothers H251 perished H1478 before H6440 the LORD! H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:29 - When all H3605 the congregation H5712 saw H7200 that Aaron H175 had died, H1478 all H3605 the house H1004 of Israel H3478 wept H1058 for Aaron H175 thirty H7970 days. H3117

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:20 - ‘Did not Achan H5912 the son H1121 of Zerah H2226 act H4603 unfaithfully H4604 in the things H2764 under H2764 the ban, H2764 and wrath H7110 fall H1961 on all H3605 the congregation H5712 of Israel? H3478 And that man H376 did not perish H1478 alone H259 in his iniquity.’” H5771

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:11 - “Why H4100 did I not die H4191 [fn]at birth, H7358
Come H3318 forth H3318 from the womb H990 and expire? H1478

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:18 - ‘Why H4100 then have You brought H3318 me out of the womb? H7358
Would that I had died H1478 and no H3808 eye H5869 had seen H7200 me!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:19 - “Who H4310 will contend H7378 with me?
For then H6258 I would be silent H2790 and die. H1478

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:10 - “But man H1397 dies H4191 and lies H2522 prostrate. H2522
Man H120 expires, H1478 and where H335 is he?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:5 - “Far H2486 be it from me that I should declare H6663 you right; H6663
Till H5704 I die H1478 I will not put H5493 away H5493 my integrity H8538 from me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:18 - “Then I [fn]thought, H559 ‘I shall die H1478 [fn]in my nest, H7064
And I shall multiply H7235 my days H3117 as the sand. H2344

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:15 - All H3605 flesh H1320 would perish H1478 together, H3162
And man H120 would return H7725 to dust. H6083

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:12 - “But if H518 they do not hear, H8085 they shall [fn]perish H5674 by the sword H2719
And they will die H1478 without H1097 knowledge. H1847

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:15 - I was afflicted H6041 and about to die H1478 from my youth H5290 on;
I suffer H5375 Your terrors; H367 I am [fn]overcome. H6323

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:29 - You hide H5641 Your face, H6440 they are dismayed; H926
You take H622 away H622 their [fn]spirit, H7307 they expire H1478
And return H7725 to their dust. H6083

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:19 - “I called H7121 to my lovers, H157 but they deceived H7411 me;
My priests H3548 and my elders H2205 perished H1478 in the city H5892
While H3588 they sought H1245 food H400 to restore H7725 [fn]their strength H5315 themselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 13:8 - “It will come H1961 about in all H3605 the land,” H776
Declares H5002 the LORD, H3068
“That two H8147 parts H6310 in it will be cut H3772 off H3772 and perish; H1478
But the third H7992 will be left H3498 in it.
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