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H1478 גָּוַע (gâvaʻ) gaw-vah'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

a primitive root; to breathe out, i.e. (by implication) expire

KJV Usage: die, be dead, give up the ghost, perish

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

גָּוַע (ga.va) — to die. 1) to expire, die, perish, give up the ghost, yield up the ghost, be dead, be ready to die 1a) (Qal) to expire, die, be about to die

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

verb

Dead | verb qal | ≈ אבד · אסף אֶל־עַמִּים · אסף רוּחַ · כרת · מות · עבר · שׁוב עַל־עָפָר

to expire, to breathe one's last, to perish = process by which a human being breathes his last breath, ◄ either as a result of a natural cause or of an unnatural cause, ► resulting in death

GEN 6:17 · GEN 7:21 · GEN 25:8 · GEN 25:17 · GEN 35:29 · GEN 49:33 · NUM 17:27 · NUM 17:28 · NUM 20:3 · NUM 20:3 · NUM 20:29 · JOS 22:20 · JOB 3:11 · JOB 10:18 · JOB 13:19 · JOB 14:10 · JOB 27:5 · JOB 29:18 · JOB 34:15 · JOB 36:12 · PSA 88:16 · PSA 104:29 · LAM 1:19 · ZEC 13:8

Enio R. Mueller

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

גָּוַע vb. expire, perish, die base

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