Lexicon gava: to expire, perish, die Original Word: גָּוַעPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: gava Phonetic Spelling: (gaw-vah') Short Definition: perish NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. root Definitionto expire, perish, die NASB Translationbreathed his last (4), die (5), died (2), expire (2), expires (1), perish (6), perished (4).
Brown-Driver-Briggs גָּוַע verb expire perish, die (compare Arabic  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; "" עלעֿפר 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 עִםקִֿנִּי אגוע with my nest shall I die, i.e. in full possession of what is mine, compare Di.
Strong's die, be dead, give up the ghost, perish A primitive root; to breathe out, i.e. (by implication) expire -- die, be dead, give up the ghost, perish. |
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