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Lexicon :: Strong's H1607 - gāʿaš

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גָּעַשׁ
Transliteration
gāʿaš
Pronunciation
gaw-ash'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 371

Strong’s Definitions

גָּעַשׁ gâʻash, gaw-ash'; a primitive root to agitate violently:—move, shake, toss, trouble.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x

The KJV translates Strong's H1607 in the following manner: shake (5x), move (3x), trouble (1x), toss themselves (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x
The KJV translates Strong's H1607 in the following manner: shake (5x), move (3x), trouble (1x), toss themselves (1x).

  1. to shake, quake

    1. (Qal) to shake

    2. (Pual) to be shaken up, convulsed

    3. (Hithpael) to shake back and forth, toss or reel to and fro

    4. (Hithpoel) to reel to and fro

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
גָּעַשׁ gâʻash, gaw-ash'; a primitive root to agitate violently:—move, shake, toss, trouble.
STRONGS H1607: Abbreviations
† [גָּעַשׁ] verb shake, quake (Late Hebrew id.) —
Qal Imperfect וַתִּגְעַשׁ Psalm 18:8a = 2 Samuel 22:8a Kt (Qr Hithp.); — quake of earth at theophony, Psalm 18:8 = 2 Samuel 22:8 (read Kt; || רעשׁ).
Pu. Imperfect be shaken up, convulsed יְגֹעֲשׁוּעַֿם Job 34:20 a people are convulsed.
Hithp. shake back and forth, toss or reel to and fro וַיִּתְגָּעַשׁ Qr 2 Samuel 22:8a (< Kt Qal); יִתְגָּֽעֲשׁוּ Jeremiah 46:7, וַיִּתְגָּֽעֲשׁוּ Psalm 18:8b + 2 times; — of mountains Psalm 18:8b = 2 Samuel 22:8b; of waves of sea, Jeremiah 5:22; of waters of Nile Jeremiah 46:7 (compare Jeremiah 46:8).
Hithpo. Perfect וְהִתְגֹּעֲשׁוּ consecutive Jeremiah 25:16; Imperfect יִתְגֹּעֲשׁוּ Jeremiah 46:8; id. of waters of Nile Jeremiah 46:8; of drunken men, reel to and fro, Jeremiah 25:16 (figurative of nations confounded by י׳).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Samuel

22:8; 22:8; 22:8; 22:8

Job

34:20

Psalms

18:8; 18:8; 18:8; 18:8

Jeremiah

5:22; 25:16; 25:16; 46:7; 46:7; 46:8; 46:8; 46:8

H1607

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Strong's Number H1607 matches the Hebrew גָּעַשׁ (gāʿaš),
which occurs 10 times in 7 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:8 -

“Then the earth shook and quaked,

The foundations of the heavens trembled

And were shaken, because He was angry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:20 -

“In a moment they die, even at midnight

The people are shaken and pass away,

And the powerful are taken away without a [human] hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:7 -

Then the earth shook and quaked,

The foundations of the mountains trembled;

They were shaken because He was indignant and angry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:22 -

‘Do you not fear Me?’ says the LORD.

‘Do you not tremble [in awe] in My presence?

For I have placed the sand as a boundary for the sea,

An eternal decree and a perpetual barrier beyond which it cannot pass.

Though the waves [of the sea] toss and break, yet they cannot prevail [against the sand ordained to hold them back];

Though the waves and the billows roar, yet they cannot cross over [the barrier].

[Is not such a God to be feared?]

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:16 - “They will drink and stagger and go mad because of the sword that I will send among them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:7 -

Who is this that rises up like the Nile [River],

Like the rivers [in the delta of Egypt] whose waters surge about?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:8 -

Egypt rises like the Nile,

Even like the rivers whose waters surge about.

And [fn]He has said, “I will rise, I will cover that land;

I will certainly destroy the city and its inhabitants.”

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