Word

גָּוַע

gâvaʻ · H1478 · Hebrew · 24 occurrences

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Meanings

to expire or breathe one's last

A process by which a human being breathes his last breath, from natural or unnatural causes, resulting in death

Examples
Genesis 6:17 “Now behold, I Myself am bringing the flood of water upon the earth, to destroy all flesh in which there is the breath of life, from under heaven; everything that is on the earth shall perish.
Genesis 7:21 So all creatures that moved on the earth perished: birds, livestock, animals, and every swarming thing that swarms upon the earth, and all mankind;
Genesis 25:8 Abraham breathed his last and died at a good old age, an old man and satisfied with life; and he was gathered to his people.

How it’s used In 5 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

24 occurrences in 15 groups

Not stated: I 5
Not stated: they 3
Not stated: he, she or it 3
Other words · 12 groups that occur once or twice (14) 14

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

8 occurrences in 8 groups

מִןfrom+ נֹעַרyouth 1
עִםwith+ קֵןnest 1
בin/on/with+ גָּוַעto expire 1
בin/on/with+ עָוֺןiniquity 1
בin/on/with+ עִירcity, town 1
בin/on/with+ שֵׂיבָהgrey hair 1

With adverbsAdverbs

3 occurrences in 3 groups

יַחַדtogether 1
לֹאnot 1
עַתָּהnow 1

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

רָאָהto see 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 2 groups

בin/on/with 1
לto/for 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 1 word

ἀποθνήσκω apothnḗskō · G599 · to die, death, to face death: Greek ἀποθνήσκω is the standard general term for dying in the LXX/NT, while Hebrew גָּוַע emphasizes the expiration or cessation of life (often 'give up the ghost'), making ἀποθνήσκω the natural Greek rendering of this Hebrew death term.

Semantic domains 1 entry

Dead002001001018: גָּוַע denotes dying or perishing, as in the flood's destruction of all flesh in Genesis 6:17 and Abraham's death at a good old age in Genesis 25:8.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H1478. gava גָּוַע verb expire perish, die (compare Arabic be empty, hungry) — Qal…

H1478. gava
גָּוַע verb expire perish, die (compare Arabic be empty, hungry) —
Qal Perfect גָּוַע Num 20:29; Jos 22:20 גָּוָ֑עוּ Lam 1:19 גָּוַעְנוּ Numbers 17:27; Num 20:3; Imperfect יִגְוַע Job 34:15, יִגְוָ֑ע Gen 6:17, יִגְוְעוּ Job 36:12, יִגְוָע֑וּ Zec 13:8, יִגְוָע֑וּן Psa 104:28 etc.; Infinitive construct גְּוַע Num 20:3 גְּוֺעַ Numbers 17:28; Participle גֹּוֵעַ Psa 88:16; — expire and die, only P & poetry; ׳ג וימת Gen 25:8, Gen 25:17; Gen 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 Psa 88:15 (progressive parall.) distressed and about to die; || אבותיו אל יאסף Gen 49:33; || ישׁוב עלעֿפר Job 34:15 compare Psa 104:29; || יִכָּֽרְתוּ Zec 13:8; absolute, both prose and (especially) poetry Num 20:3 (twice in verse); Num 20:29; Jos 22:20; Gen 6:17; Gen 7:21 (all P) Job 10:13; Job 13:19; Job 27:5; Job 36:12; Lam 1:19; Job 29:18 אגוע עִםקִֿנִּי with my nest shall I die, i.e. in full possession of what is mine, compare Di.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Dead24 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0