Word Study · Strong's H1478 · Hebrew
גָּוַע
gava
gaw-vah'
Strong's 1890 spelling: gâvaʻ
“to breathe out, i.e. (by implication) expire”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to breathe out, i.e. (by implication) expire
Rendered in the KJV as
die, be dead, give up the ghost, perish.
- 24occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 7 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 19inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 24 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 19
- אֶגְוָ֑ע2
- גָוַ֖ע2
- וְאֶגְוָֽע׃2
- וַיִּגְוַ֨ע2
- וַיִּגְוַ֖ע2
- אֶ֝גְוַ֗ע1
- בִּגְוַ֥ע1
- גָּוָ֑עוּ1
- גָוַ֛עְנוּ1
- גָּוַ֛עְנוּ1
- וְגֹוֵ֣עַ1
- וַיִּגְוַ֞ע1
and 7 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 19
- and he expired5
- I will expire2
- and [have been] about to die1
- and I may expire1
- and I may expire?1
- and it died1
- and they may expire1
- did he die?1
- he had died1
- I expired1
- it will die1
- it will expire1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 12
- Hc/Vqw3ms6
- verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singular3
- HC/Vqu1cs2
- preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)2
- verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular2
- verb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common plural2
- verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular1
- HC/Vqu3mp1
- verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural1
- verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural + paragogic nun1
- verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- Hc/Vqw3ms · 6
- HVqi1cs · 3
- HC/Vqu1cs · 2
- HR/Vqcc · 2
- HVqi3ms · 2
- HVqp1cp · 2
- HVqp3ms · 2
- HC/Vqrmsa · 1
- HC/Vqu3mp · 1
- HVqi3mp · 1
- HVqi3mp/Sn · 1
- HVqp3cp · 1
All 24, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Job carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis6 occurrences
- Genesis 6:17יִגְוָֽע׃yigva'verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularAnd behold, I will bring floodwaters upon the earth to destroy every creature under the heavens that has the breath of life. Everything on the earth will perish.here: it will die
- Genesis 7:21וַיִּגְוַ֞עvaiyigva'Hc/Vqw3msAnd every living thing that moved upon the earth perished—birds, livestock, animals, every creature that swarms upon the earth, and all mankind.here: and it died
- Genesis 25:8וַיִּגְוַ֨עvaiyigva'Hc/Vqw3msAnd at a ripe old age he breathed his last and died, old and contented, and was gathered to his people.here: and he expired
- Genesis 25:17וַיִּגְוַ֣עvaiyigva'Hc/Vqw3msIshmael lived a total of 137 years. Then he breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.here: and he expired
- Genesis 35:29וַיִּגְוַ֨עvaiyigva'Hc/Vqw3msThen he breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people, old and full of years. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.here: and he expired
- Genesis 49:33וַיִּגְוַ֖עvaiyigva'Hc/Vqw3msWhen Jacob had finished instructing his sons, he pulled his feet into the bed and breathed his last, and he was gathered to his people.here: and he expired
Numbers5 occurrences
- Numbers 17:12גָּוַ֛עְנוּgava'nuverb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common pluralThen the Israelites declared to Moses, “Look, we are perishing! We are lost; we are all lost!here: we will die
- Numbers 17:13לִגְוֹֽעַ׃ סligvoa'preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)Anyone who comes near the tabernacle of the LORD will die. Are we all going to perish?”here: to die
- Numbers 20:3גָוַ֛עְנוּgava'nuverb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common pluralThe people quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had perished with our brothers before the LORD!here: we had died
- Numbers 20:3בִּגְוַ֥עbigva'preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)The people quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had perished with our brothers before the LORD!here: when died
- Numbers 20:29גָוַ֖עgava'verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularWhen the whole congregation saw that Aaron had died, the entire house of Israel mourned for him thirty days.here: he had died
Job8 occurrences
- Job 3:11וְאֶגְוָֽע׃veegva'HC/Vqu1csWhy did I not perish at birth; why did I not die as I came from the womb?here: and I may expire?
- Job 10:18אֶ֝גְוַ֗עʾegva'verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singularWhy then did You bring me from the womb? Oh, that I had died, and no eye had seen me!here: I expired
- Job 13:19וְאֶגְוָֽע׃veegva'HC/Vqu1csCan anyone indict me? If so, I will be silent and die.here: and I may expire
- Job 14:10וַיִּגְוַ֖עvaiyigva'Hc/Vqw3msBut a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last, and where is he?here: and he expired
- Job 27:5אֶגְוָ֑עʾegva'verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singularI will never say that you are right; I will maintain my integrity until I die.here: I will expire
- Job 29:18אֶגְוָ֑עʾegva'verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singularSo I thought: ‘I will die in my nest and multiply my days as the sand.here: I will expire
- Job 34:15יִגְוַ֣עyigva'verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularall flesh would perish together and mankind would return to the dust.here: it will expire
- Job 36:12וְ֝יִגְוְע֗וּveyigveuHC/Vqu3mpBut if they do not obey, then they perish by the sword and die without knowledge.here: and they may expire
Psalms2 occurrences
- Psalms 88:15וְגֹוֵ֣עַvegoyea'conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularFrom my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair.here: and [have been] about to die
- Psalms 104:29יִגְוָע֑וּןyigvaunverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural + paragogic nunWhen You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust.here: they die !