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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 - For behold, I will bring a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life under heaven. Everything that is on the earth shall die.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:21 - And all flesh died that moved on the earth, birds, livestock, beasts, all swarming creatures that swarm on the earth, and all mankind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:8 - Abraham breathed his last and died in a good old age, an old man and full of years, and was gathered to his people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:17 - (These are the years of the life of Ishmael: 137 years. He breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:29 - And Isaac breathed his last, and he died and was gathered to his people, old and full of days. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:33 - When Jacob finished commanding his sons, he drew up his feet into the bed and breathed his last and was gathered to his people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:12 - And the people of Israel said to Moses, “Behold, we perish, we are undone, we are all undone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 17:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:13 - Everyone who comes near, who comes near to the tabernacle of the LORD, shall die. Are we all to perish?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:3 - And the people quarreled with Moses and said, “Would that we had perished when our brothers perished before the LORD!

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 20:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:29 - And when all the congregation saw that Aaron had perished, all the house of Israel wept for Aaron thirty days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:20 - Did not Achan the son of Zerah break faith in the matter of the devoted things, and wrath fell upon all the congregation of Israel? And he did not perish alone for his iniquity.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:11 - “Why did I not die at birth,
come out from the womb and expire?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:18 - “Why did you bring me out from the womb?
Would that I had died before any eye had seen me

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:19 - Who is there who will contend with me?
For then I would be silent and die.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:10 - But a man dies and is laid low;
man breathes his last, and where is he?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:5 - Far be it from me to say that you are right;
till I die I will not put away my integrity from me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:18 - Then I thought, ‘I shall die in my nest,
and I shall multiply my days as the sand,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:15 - all flesh would perish together,
and man would return to dust.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:12 - But if they do not listen, they perish by the sword
and die without knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 88:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:15 - Afflicted and close to death from my youth up,
I suffer your terrors; I am helpless.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:29 - When you hide your face, they are dismayed;
when you take away their breath, they die
and return to their dust.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:19 - “I called to my lovers,
but they deceived me;
my priests and elders
perished in the city,
while they sought food
to revive their strength.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 13:8 - In the whole land, declares the LORD,
two thirds shall be cut off and perish,
and one third shall be left alive.
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