גָּוַע
ga.va
“to die”
Definition
to breathe out, i.e. (by implication) expire
a primitive root;
- 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
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Grammar & Morphology
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Occurrences
גָּוַע appears 20 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
And at a ripe old age he breathed his last and died, old and contented, and was gathered to his people.
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.
But a man dies and is laid low;he breathes his last, and where is he?
all flesh would perish togetherand mankind would return to the dust.
The people quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had perished with our brothers before the LORD!
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