H1478 · גָּוַע
gâvaʻ · gaw-vah' · die, dead, perish
H1478 (gâvaʻ, pronounced gaw-vah') is the Hebrew word גָּוַע in Strong’s dictionary: to breathe out, i.e. (by implication) expire. It appears 24 times in 23 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- גָּוַע (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- gâvaʻ
- Pronunciation
- gaw-vah'
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- Definition
- to breathe out, i.e. (by implication) expire
- Rendered in the KJV
- die, be dead, give up the ghost, perish.
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
24 occurrences in 23 verses (23 with English words of their own, 1 in the original with no English word of their own).
How the BSB renders it
- “and die” ×2
- “perished” ×2
- “I die” ×1
- “I will die” ×1
- “Oh, that I had died” ×1
- “Then he breathed his last” ×1
- “and breathed his last” ×1
- “and near death” ×1
By book
Genesis 6 · Numbers 4 · Joshua 1 · Job 8 · Psalms 2 · Lamentations 1 · Zechariah 1