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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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