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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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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:21 - consumptaque est omnis caro quae movebatur super terram volucrum animantium bestiarum omniumque reptilium quae reptant super terram universi homines

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:8 - et deficiens mortuus est in senectute bona provectaeque aetatis et plenus dierum congregatusque est ad populum suum

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:17 - anni vitae Ismahel centum triginta septem deficiens mortuus est et adpositus ad populum suum

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:29 - consumptusque aetate mortuus est et adpositus populo suo senex et plenus dierum et sepelierunt eum Esau et Iacob filii sui

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:33 - [Vulgate 49:32] finitisque mandatis quibus filios instruebat collegit pedes suos super lectulum et obiit adpositusque est ad populum suum

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:12 - dixerunt autem filii Israhel ad Mosen ecce consumpti sumus omnes perivimus

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:13 - quicumque accedit ad tabernaculum Domini moritur num usque ad internicionem cuncti delendi sumus

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:3 - et versi in seditionem dixerunt utinam perissemus inter fratres nostros coram Domino

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 20:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:29 - [Vulgate 20:30] omnis autem multitudo videns occubuisse Aaron flevit super eo triginta diebus per cunctas familias suas

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:20 - nonne Achan filius Zare praeteriit mandatum Domini et super omnem populum Israhel ira eius incubuit et ille erat unus homo atque utinam solus perisset in scelere suo

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:11 - quare non in vulva mortuus sum egressus ex utero non statim perii

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:18 - quare de vulva eduxisti me qui utinam consumptus essem ne oculus me videret

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:19 - quis est qui iudicetur mecum veniat quare tacens consumor

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:10 - homo vero cum mortuus fuerit et nudatus atque consumptus ubi quaeso est

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:5 - absit a me ut iustos vos esse iudicem donec deficiam non recedam ab innocentia mea

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:18 - dicebamque in nidulo meo moriar et sicut palma multiplicabo dies

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:15 - deficiet omnis caro simul et homo in cinerem revertetur

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:12 - si autem non audierint transibunt per gladium et consumentur in stultitia

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:15 - [Vulgate 87:16] pauper ego et aerumnosus ab adulescentia portavi furorem tuum et conturbatus sum

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:29 - [Vulgate 103:29] abscondes vultum tuum et turbabuntur auferes spiritum eorum et deficient et in pulverem suum revertentur

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:19 - COPH vocavi amicos meos et ipsi deceperunt me sacerdotes mei et senes mei in urbe consumpti sunt quia quaesierunt cibum sibi ut refocilarent animam suam

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 13:8 - et erunt in omni terra dicit Dominus partes duae in ea disperdentur et deficient et tertia pars relinquetur in ea
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