Strong's Definition
a primitive root to agitate violently
KJV Usage: move, shake, toss, trouble
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
גָּעַשׁ (ga.ash) — to shake. 1) to shake, quake 1a) (Qal) to shake 1b) (Pual) to be shaken up, convulsed 1c) (Hithpael) to shake back and forth, toss or reel to and fro 1d) (Hithpoel) to reel to and fro
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · גַּעַשׁ
Unsteady | verb qal, verb hit | ≈ המה · רגז · רעשׁ
to shake, to toss about, to be turbulent, to stagger = process by which humans or objects move up and down or to and fro
2SA 22:8 · 2SA 22:8 · PSA 18:8 · PSA 18:8 · JER 5:22 · JER 25:16 · JER 46:7 · JER 46:8
Non-Exist | verb pu'al | ≈ עבר
to be shaken = process by which humans suddenly go through an experience that affects the core of their existence, and die as a result, as if they are suddenly shaken from a fixed position
1 2SA 22:8 MT-K ותגעשׁ | MT-Q ויתגעשׁ 2 JOB 34:20 MT HOTTP-B יְגֹעְַשׁוּ עָם RSV NIV NRSV ESV "the people are shaken" = [1b] | NJPS "People are in turmoil" = [1a] | יגועו שׁועִים NJB "they perish - these great ones" = גוע | יגע שֹׁועִים REB "at his touch the rich" = נגע
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[גָּעַשׁ] vb. shake, quake Qal quake of earth at theoph.
Pu. be shaken up, convulsed
Hithp. shake back and forth, toss or reel to and fro
Hithpo. reel to and fro
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