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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 going to bring floodwaters on the earth to destroy all life under the heavens, every creature that has the breath of life in it. Everything on earth will perish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:21 - Every living thing that moved on land perished—birds, livestock, wild animals, all the creatures that swarm over the earth, and all mankind.

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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 and full of years; and he was gathered to his people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:17 - Ishmael lived a hundred and thirty-seven years. He breathed his last and died, and he was gathered to his people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:29 - Then he breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people, old and full of years. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:33 - When Jacob had finished giving instructions to his sons, he drew his feet up into the bed, breathed his last and was gathered to his people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:12 - The Israelites said to Moses, “We will die! We are lost, we are all lost!

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:13 - Anyone who even comes near the tabernacle of the LORD will die. Are we all going to die?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:3 - They quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had died when our brothers fell dead before the LORD!

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 20:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:29 - and when the whole community learned that Aaron had died, all the Israelites mourned for him thirty days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:20 - When Achan son of Zerah was unfaithful in regard to the devoted things,[fn] did not wrath come on the whole community of Israel? He was not the only one who died for his sin.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:11 - “Why did I not perish at birth, and die as I came from the womb?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:18 - “Why then did you bring me out of the womb? I wish I had died before any eye saw me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:19 - Can anyone bring charges against me? If so, I will be silent and die.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:10 - But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last and is no more.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:5 - I will never admit you are in the right; till I die, I will not deny my integrity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:18 - “I thought, ‘I will die in my own house, 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 humanity would perish together and mankind would return to the dust.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:12 - But if they do not listen, they will perish by the sword[fn] and die without knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 88:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:15 - From my youth I have suffered and been close to death; I have borne your terrors and am in despair.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:29 - When you hide your face, they are terrified; when you take away their breath, they die and return to the dust.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:19 - “I called to my allies but they betrayed me. My priests and my elders perished in the city while they searched for food to keep themselves alive.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 13:8 - In the whole land,” declares the LORD, “two-thirds will be struck down and perish; yet one-third will be left in it.
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