Definition
a primitive root; to breathe out, i.e. (by implication) expire
Traditional renderings: die, be dead, give up the ghost, perish.
Traditional renderings: die, be dead, give up the ghost, perish.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders גָּוַע:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
24 total
- Genesis 6:17יִגְוָֽע׃ · will perishAnd 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.
- Genesis 7:21וַיִּגְוַ֞ע · perishedAnd every living thing that moved upon the earth perished—birds, livestock, animals, every creature that swarms upon the earth, and all mankind.
- Genesis 25:8וַיִּגְוַ֨ע · he breathed his lastAnd at a ripe old age he breathed his last and died, old and contented, and was gathered to his people.
- Genesis 25:17וַיִּגְוַ֣ע · Then he breathed his lastIshmael lived a total of 137 years. Then he breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.
- Genesis 35:29וַיִּגְוַ֨ע · breathed his lastThen he breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people, old and full of years. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
- Genesis 49:33וַיִּגְוַ֖ע · and breathed his lastWhen Jacob had finished instructing his sons, he pulled his feet into the bed and breathed his last, and he was gathered to his people.
- Numbers 17:12גָּוַ֛עְנוּ · we are perishingThen the Israelites declared to Moses, “Look, we are perishing! We are lost; we are all lost!
- Numbers 17:13לִגְוֺֽעַ׃ס · going to perishAnyone who comes near the tabernacle of the LORD will die. Are we all going to perish?”
- Numbers 20:3גָוַ֛עְנוּ · we had perished; בִּגְוַ֥עThe people quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had perished with our brothers before the LORD!
- Numbers 20:29גָוַ֖ע · had diedWhen the whole congregation saw that Aaron had died, the entire house of Israel mourned for him thirty days.
- Joshua 22:20גָוַ֖ע · who perishedWas not Achan son of Zerah unfaithful regarding what was set apart for destruction, bringing wrath upon the whole congregation of Israel? Yet it was not only Achan who perished because of his sin!’”
- Job 3:11וְאֶגְוָֽע׃ · why did I not dieWhy did I not perish at birth; why did I not die as I came from the womb?
- Job 10:18אֶ֝גְוַ֗ע · Oh, that I had diedWhy then did You bring me from the womb? Oh, that I had died, and no eye had seen me!
- Job 13:19וְאֶגְוָֽע׃ · and dieCan anyone indict me? If so, I will be silent and die.
- Job 14:10וַיִּגְוַ֖ע · breathes his lastBut a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last, and where is he?
- Job 27:5אֶגְוָ֑ע · I dieI will never say that you are right; I will maintain my integrity until I die.
- Job 29:18אֶגְוָ֑ע · I will dieSo I thought: ‘I will die in my nest and multiply my days as the sand.
- Job 34:15יִגְוַ֣ע · would perish…all flesh would perish together and mankind would return to the dust.
- Job 36:12וְ֝יִגְוְע֗וּ · and dieBut if they do not obey, then they perish by the sword and die without knowledge.
- Psalm 88:15וְגֹוֵ֣עַ · and near deathFrom my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair.
- Psalm 104:29יִגְוָע֑וּן · they dieWhen You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust.
- Lamentations 1:19גָּוָ֑עוּ · perishedI called out to my lovers, but they have betrayed me. My priests and elders perished in the city while they searched for food to keep themselves alive.
- Zechariah 13:8יִגְוָ֑עוּ · [and] perishAnd in all the land, declares the LORD, two-thirds will be cut off and perish, but a third will be left in it.