Hebrew verb · H1478
גָּוַע
gavagaw-vah'
to die
24 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: gâvaʻ
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H1478is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 7 of 39Old Testament books
- 19spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H1478
to breathe out, i.e. (by implication) expire
The King James renders it: die, be dead, give up the ghost, perish.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
gava is rendered "to die". It stands 24 times in the Hebrew text, across seven books.
- Eight of the uses stand in Job, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 6:17And 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.
- The Greek text spells it nineteen different ways.
The first use
And 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.
Genesis 6:17יִגְוָֽע׃
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Eight of the word's twenty-four uses are in Job.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- and he expired5
- and I may expire2
- I will expire2
- and about to die1
- and it died1
- and they may expire1
- did he die1
- he had died1
- I expired1
- it will die1
- it will expire1
- they die1
and 6 more, 24 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 24, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
19 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- אֶגְוָ֑ע2
- גָוַ֖ע2
- וְאֶגְוָֽע׃2
- וַיִּגְוַ֨ע2
- וַיִּגְוַ֖ע2
- אֶ֝גְוַ֗ע1
- בִּגְוַ֥ע1
- גָּוָ֑עוּ1
- גָוַ֛עְנוּ1
- גָּוַ֛עְנוּ1
- וְגֹוֵ֣עַ1
- וַיִּגְוַ֞ע1
and 7 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- Hc/Vqw3ms6Hc/Vqw3ms
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular3HVqi1cs
- HC/Vqu1cs2HC/Vqu1cs
- preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)2HR/Vqcc
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular2HVqi3ms
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common plural2HVqp1cp
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular2HVqp3ms
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular1HC/Vqrmsa
- HC/Vqu3mp1HC/Vqu3mp
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural1HVqi3mp
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + paragogic nun1HVqi3mp/Sn
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural1HVqp3cp
Genesis
six uses
And 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.
- יִגְוָֽע׃yigva'verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will die
And every living thing that moved upon the earth perished—birds, livestock, animals, every creature that swarms upon the earth, and all mankind.
- וַיִּגְוַ֞עvaiyigva'Hc/Vqw3mstagged: and it died
And at a ripe old age he breathed his last and died, old and contented, and was gathered to his people.
- וַיִּגְוַ֨עvaiyigva'Hc/Vqw3mstagged: and he expired
Ishmael lived a total of 137 years. Then he breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.
- וַיִּגְוַ֣עvaiyigva'Hc/Vqw3mstagged: and he expired
Then 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.
- וַיִּגְוַ֨עvaiyigva'Hc/Vqw3mstagged: and he expired
When Jacob had finished instructing his sons, he pulled his feet into the bed and breathed his last, and he was gathered to his people.
- וַיִּגְוַ֖עvaiyigva'Hc/Vqw3mstagged: and he expired
Numbers
five uses
Then the Israelites declared to Moses, “Look, we are perishing! We are lost; we are all lost!
- גָּוַ֛עְנוּgava'nuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we will die
Anyone who comes near the tabernacle of the LORD will die. Are we all going to perish?”
- לִגְוֹֽעַ׃ סligvoa'preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to die
The people quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had perished with our brothers before the LORD!
- גָוַ֛עְנוּgava'nuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we had died
- בִּגְוַ֥עbigva'preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: when died
When the whole congregation saw that Aaron had died, the entire house of Israel mourned for him thirty days.
- גָוַ֖עgava'verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he had died
Joshua
one use
Was not Achan son of Zerah unfaithful regarding what was set apart for destruction, bringing wrath upon the whole congregation of Israel? Yet it was not only Achan who perished because of his sin!’”
- גָוַ֖עgava'verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: did he die
Job
eight uses
Why did I not perish at birth; why did I not die as I came from the womb?
- וְאֶגְוָֽע׃veegva'HC/Vqu1cstagged: and I may expire
Why then did You bring me from the womb? Oh, that I had died, and no eye had seen me!
- אֶ֝גְוַ֗עʾegva'verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I expired
Can anyone indict me? If so, I will be silent and die.
- וְאֶגְוָֽע׃veegva'HC/Vqu1cstagged: and I may expire
But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last, and where is he?
- וַיִּגְוַ֖עvaiyigva'Hc/Vqw3mstagged: and he expired
I will never say that you are right; I will maintain my integrity until I die.
- אֶגְוָ֑עʾegva'verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will expire
So I thought: ‘I will die in my nest and multiply my days as the sand.
- אֶגְוָ֑עʾegva'verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will expire
all flesh would perish together and mankind would return to the dust.
- יִגְוַ֣עyigva'verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will expire
But if they do not obey, then they perish by the sword and die without knowledge.
- וְ֝יִגְוְע֗וּveyigveuHC/Vqu3mptagged: and they may expire
Psalms
two uses
From my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair.
- וְגֹוֵ֣עַvegoyea'conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: and about to die
When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust.
- יִגְוָע֑וּןyigvaunverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + paragogic nuntagged: they die
Lamentations
one use
I called out to my lovers, but they have betrayed me. My priests and elders perished in the city while they searched for food to keep themselves alive.
- גָּוָ֑עוּgavauverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they perished
Zechariah
one use
And in all the land, declares the LORD, two-thirds will be cut off and perish, but a third will be left in it.
- יִגְוָ֑עוּyigvauverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will perish
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.