Hebrew Study
Strong’s Concordance H1478
A readable Hebrew dictionary entry from Strong’s Concordance. Definitions help with word study; the meaning in a verse still depends on context.
Word study
- Source
- Strong’s Concordance
- Transliteration
- gava`
- Pronunciation
- gaw-vah'
- Occurrences
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- Strong’s number
- H1478
- Brief meaning
- To breathe out, i.e. (by implication) expire
- Source renderings
- die, be dead, give up the ghost, perish
- Root word
- a primitive root
- Full definition from the source
- To breathe out, i.e. (by implication) expire. Root word: a primitive root.
Source info
Source and edition
James Strong, Strong's Hebrew Bible Dictionary (1890); Bible Foundation text source; Michael Grier's 1996 ASCII e-text; CrossWire module 1.2.
View the 1890 print witnessView preserved source wording
01478\ 1478 gava` gaw-vah' a primitive root; to breathe out, i.e. (by implication) expire:--die, be dead, give up the ghost, perish.