גְּוִיָּה
gᵉvîyâh · ghev-ee-yaw'
a body, whether alive or dead
Lexicon
Derivation: prolonged for H1465 (גֵּוָה);
a body, whether alive or dead
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (dead) body, carcase, corpse.
Letters
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to carry, to lift up › to fasten and establish › the hand that works › to reveal, behold
To carry, to lift up that works to fasten and establish of the hand that works that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גְּוִיָּה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
13 occurrences · 13 OT · 0 NT · 13 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- his body2 · 15%
- their bodies2 · 15%
- but our bodies1 · 8%
- in the carcase1 · 8%
- out of the carcase1 · 8%
- the body1 · 8%
- and the bodies1 · 8%
- over our bodies1 · 8%
- the places with the dead bodies1 · 8%
- of their corpses1 · 8%
- upon their corpses1 · 8%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.