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Lexicon :: Strong's H1607 - gāʿaš

Aa
גָּעַשׁ
Transliteration
gāʿaš
Pronunciation
gaw-ash'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

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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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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 Box2Sa 22:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:8 - Then the earth was moved with a violent shock; the bases of heaven were moved and shaking, because he was angry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:20 - Suddenly they come to an end, even in the middle of the night: the blow comes on the men of wealth, and they are gone, and the strong are taken away without the hand of man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:7 - Then trouble and shock came on the earth; and the bases of the mountains were moved and shaking, because he was angry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:22 - Have you no fear of me? says the Lord; will you not be shaking with fear before me, who have put the sand as a limit for the sea, by an eternal order, so that it may not go past it? and though it is ever in motion, it is not able to have its way; though the sound of its waves is loud, they are not able to go past it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:16 - And after drinking it, they will go rolling from side to side, and be off their heads, because of the sword which I will send among them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:7 - Who is this coming up like the Nile, whose waters are lifting their heads like the rivers?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:8 - Egypt is coming up like the Nile, and his waters are lifting their heads like the rivers, and he says, I will go up, covering the earth; I will send destruction on the town and its people.
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