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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 Box Gen 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:17 - 'And I, lo, I am bringing in the deluge of waters on the earth to destroy all flesh, in which is a living spirit, from under the heavens; all that is in the earth doth expire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:21 - and expire doth all flesh that is moving on the earth, among fowl, and among cattle, and among beasts, and among all the teeming things which are teeming on the earth, and all mankind;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:8 - and Abraham expireth, and dieth in a good old age, aged and satisfied, and is gathered unto his people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:17 - And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, a hundred and thirty and seven years; and he expireth, and dieth, and is gathered unto his people;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:29 - and Isaac expireth, and dieth, and is gathered unto his people, aged and satisfied with days; and bury him do Esau and Jacob his sons.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:33 - And Jacob finisheth commanding his sons, and gathereth up his feet unto the bed, and expireth, and is gathered unto his people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:12 - And the sons of Israel speak unto Moses, saying, 'Lo, we have expired; we have perished; we have all of us perished;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 17:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:13 - any who is at all drawing near unto the tabernacle of Jehovah dieth; have we not been consumed -- to expire?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:3 - and the people strive with Moses, and speak, saying, 'And oh that we had expired when our brethren expired before Jehovah!

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 20:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:29 - and all the company see that Aaron hath expired, and they bewail Aaron thirty days -- all the house of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 22:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:20 - Did not Achan son of Zerah commit a trespass in the devoted thing, and on all the company of Israel there was wrath? and he alone expired not in his iniquity.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:11 - Why from the womb do I not die? From the belly I have come forth and gasp!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:18 - And why from the womb Hast Thou brought me forth? I expire, and the eye doth not see me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:19 - Who is he that doth strive with me? For now I keep silent and gasp.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:10 - And a man dieth, and becometh weak, And man expireth, and where is he?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:5 - Pollution to me -- if I justify you, Till I expire I turn not aside mine integrity from me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:18 - And I say, 'With my nest I expire, And as the sand I multiply days.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:15 - Expire doth all flesh together, And man to dust returneth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:12 - And if they do not hearken, By the dart they pass away, And expire without knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 88:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:15 - I am afflicted, and expiring from youth, I have borne Thy terrors -- I pine away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:29 - Thou hidest Thy face -- they are troubled, Thou gatherest their spirit -- they expire, And unto their dust they turn back.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:19 - I called for my lovers, they -- they have deceived me, My priests and my elders in the city have expired; When they have sought food for themselves, Then they give back their soul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 13:8 - And it hath come to pass, In all the land, an affirmation of Jehovah, Two parts in it are cut off -- they expire, And the third is left in it.
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