גָּוַע
gâvaʻ · gaw-vah'
to breathe out, i.e. (by implication) expire
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to breathe out, i.e. (by implication) expire
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: die, be dead, give up the ghost, perish.
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)
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to carry, to lift up › to fasten and establish › to see and know
To carry, to lift up that works to fasten and establish that works to see and know.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גָּוַע 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
24 occurrences · 24 OT · 0 NT · 19 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- gave up the ghost3 · 13%
- died2 · 8%
- shall die1 · 4%
- and he gave up the ghost1 · 4%
- and yielded up the ghost1 · 4%
- behold, we die1 · 4%
- with dying1 · 4%
- we had died1 · 4%
- was dead1 · 4%
- perished1 · 4%
- why did i not give up the ghost1 · 4%
- oh that i had given up the ghost1 · 4%
- i shall give up the ghost1 · 4%
- giveth up the ghost1 · 4%
- you: till i die1 · 4%
- i shall die1 · 4%
- shall perish1 · 4%
- and they shall die1 · 4%
- and ready to die1 · 4%
- they die1 · 4%
- and die1 · 4%
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.