Strong's Hebrew · H1478
גָּוַע
gâvaʻ · gaw-vah'
die, be dead, give up the ghost, perish.
Definition
to breathe out, i.e. (by implication) expire
Derivation
a primitive root;
Appears 24 times in Scripture
“Then the Israelites declared to Moses, “Look, we are perishing! We are lost; we are all lost!”
“The people quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had perished with our brothers before the LORD!”
“And every living thing that moved upon the earth perished—birds, livestock, animals, every creature that swarms upon the earth, and all mankind.”
“And at a ripe old age he breathed his last and died, old and contented, and was gathered to his people.”
“Anyone who comes near the tabernacle of the LORD will die. Are we all going to perish?””
“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.”
“And in all the land, declares the LORD, two-thirds will be cut off and perish, but a third will be left in it.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Ishmael lived a total of 137 years. Then he breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).