גָּוַע gâvaʻ

Meaning

to breathe out, i.e. (by implication) expire

In the King James Version: die, be dead, give up the ghost, perish.

Derivation: a primitive root;

Where it is used

• Genesis 6:17 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.
• Genesis 7:21 And every living thing that moved upon the earth perished—birds, livestock, animals, every creature that swarms upon the earth, and all mankind.
• Genesis 25:8 And at a ripe old age he breathed his last and died, old and contented, and was gathered to his people.
• Genesis 25:17 Ishmael lived a total of 137 years. Then he breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.
• Genesis 35:29 Then 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 49:33 When 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 17:12 Then the Israelites declared to Moses, “Look, we are perishing! We are lost; we are all lost!
• Numbers 17:13 Anyone who comes near the tabernacle of the LORD will die. Are we all going to perish?”
• Numbers 20:3 The people quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had perished with our brothers before the LORD!
• Numbers 20:29 When the whole congregation saw that Aaron had died, the entire house of Israel mourned for him thirty days.
• Joshua 22:20 Was 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 3:11 Why did I not perish at birth; why did I not die as I came from the womb?
• Job 10:18 Why then did You bring me from the womb? Oh, that I had died, and no eye had seen me!
• Job 13:19 Can anyone indict me? If so, I will be silent and die.
• Job 14:10 But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last, and where is he?
• Job 27:5 I will never say that you are right; I will maintain my integrity until I die.
• Job 29:18 So I thought: ‘I will die in my nest and multiply my days as the sand.
• Job 34:15 all flesh would perish together and mankind would return to the dust.
• Job 36:12 But if they do not obey, then they perish by the sword and die without knowledge.
• Psalms 88:15 From my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair.
• Psalms 104:29 When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust.
• Lamentations 1:19 I 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 13:8 And in all the land, declares the LORD, two-thirds will be cut off and perish, but a third will be left in it.