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Lexicon :: Strong's H1478 - gāvaʿ

Aa
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 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:17 - For truly, I will send a great flow of waters over the earth, for the destruction from under the heaven of all flesh in which is the breath of life; everything on the earth will come to an end.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:21 - And destruction came on every living thing moving on the earth, birds and cattle and beasts and everything which went on the earth, and every man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:8 - And Abraham came to his death, an old man, full of years; and he was put to rest with his people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:17 - And the years of Ishmael's life were a hundred and thirty-seven: and he came to his end, and was put to rest with his people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:29 - Then Isaac came to his end and was put to rest with his father's people, an old man after a long life: and Jacob and Esau, his sons, put him in his last resting-place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:33 - And when Jacob had come to the end of these words to his sons, stretching himself on his bed, he gave up his spirit, and went the way of his people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:12 - And the children of Israel said to Moses, Truly, destruction has come on us; an evil fate has overtaken us all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:13 - Death will overtake everyone who comes near, who comes near the House of the Lord: are we all to come to destruction?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:3 - And the people were angry with Moses and said, If only death had overtaken us when our brothers came to their death before the Lord!

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:29 - And when the people saw that Aaron was dead, all the children of Israel gave themselves up to weeping for him for thirty days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:20 - Did not Achan, the son of Zerah, do wrong about the cursed thing, causing wrath to come on all the people of Israel? And not on him only came the punishment of death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:11 - Why did death not take me when I came out of my mother's body, why did I not, when I came out, give up my last breath?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:18 - Why then did you make me come out of my mother's body? It would have been better for me to have taken my last breath, and for no eye to have seen me,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:19 - Is any one able to take up the argument against me? If so, I would keep quiet and give up my breath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:10 - But man comes to his death and is gone: he gives up his spirit, and where is he?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:5 - Let it be far from me! I will certainly not say that you are right! I will come to death before I give up my righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:18 - Then I said, I will come to my end with my children round me, my days will be as the sand in number;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:15 - All flesh would come to an end together, and man would go back to the dust.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:12 - But if not, they come to their end, and give up their breath without knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:15 - I have been troubled and in fear of death from the time when I was young; your wrath is hard on me, and I have no strength.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:29 - If your face is veiled, they are troubled; when you take away their breath, they come to an end, and go back to the dust.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:19 - I sent for my lovers, but they were false to me: my priests and my responsible men were breathing their last breath in the town, while they were looking for food to give them new life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 13:8 - And it will come about that in all the land, says the Lord, two parts of it will be cut off and come to an end; but the third will be still living there.
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