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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 Box Gen 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:17 - I am about to bring floodwaters on the earth to destroy from under the sky all the living creatures that have the breath of life in them. Everything that is on the earth will die,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:21 - And all living things that moved on the earth died, including the birds, domestic animals, wild animals, all the creatures that swarm over the earth, and all humankind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:8 - Then Abraham breathed his last and died at a good old age, an old man who had lived a full life. He joined his ancestors.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:17 - Ishmael lived a total of 137 years. He breathed his last and died; then he joined his ancestors.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:29 - Then Isaac breathed his last and joined his ancestors. He died an old man who had lived a full life. His sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:33 - When Jacob finished giving these instructions to his sons, he pulled his feet up onto the bed, breathed his last breath, and went to his people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:12 - The Israelites said to Moses, "We are bound to die! We perish, we all perish!

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 17:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:13 - (17:28) Anyone who even comes close to the tabernacle of the LORD will die! Are we all to die?"

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:3 - The people contended with Moses, saying, "If only we had died when our brothers died before the LORD!

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:29 - When all the community saw that Aaron was dead, the whole house of Israel mourned for Aaron thirty days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:20 - When Achan son of Zerah disobeyed the command about the city's riches, the entire Israelite community was judged, though only one man had sinned. He most certainly died for his sin!'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:11 - "Why did I not die at birth, and why did I not expire as I came out of the womb?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:18 - "Why then did you bring me out from the womb? I should have died and no eye would have seen me!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:19 - Who will contend with me? If anyone can, I will be silent and die.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:10 - But man dies and is powerless; he expires - and where is he?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:5 - I will never declare that you three are in the right; until I die, I will not set aside my integrity!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:18 - "Then I thought, 'I will die in my own home, my days as numerous as the grains of sand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:15 - all flesh would perish together and human beings would return to dust.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:12 - But if they refuse to listen, they pass over the river of death, and expire without knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 88:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:15 - I am oppressed and have been on the verge of death since my youth. I have been subjected to your horrors and am numb with pain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:29 - When you ignore them, they panic. When you take away their life's breath, they die and return to dust.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:19 - I called for my lovers, but they had deceived me. My priests and my elders perished in the city. Truly they had searched for food to keep themselves alive. ר (Resh)

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 13:8 - It will happen in all the land, says the LORD, that two-thirds of the people in it will be cut off and die, but one-third will be left in it.
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