# H1478 גָּוַע

גָּוַע (gâvaʻ), Strong’s H1478: to breathe out, i.e. (by implication) expire KJV: die, be dead, give up the ghost, perish.. Occurs 24 times.

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

KJV: die, be dead, give up the ghost, perish.

Occurs 24 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- גָּוַע vb. expire, perish, die

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 6:17](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/6?v=17) — I, even I, will bring the flood of waters on this earth, to destroy all flesh having the breath of life from under the…
- [Genesis 7:21](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/7?v=21) — All flesh died that moved on the earth, including birds, livestock, animals, every creeping thing that creeps on the…
- [Genesis 25:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/25?v=8) — Abraham gave up his spirit, and died at a good old age, an old man, and full of years, and was gathered to his people.
- [Genesis 25:17](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/25?v=17) — These are the years of the life of Ishmael: one hundred thirty-seven years. He gave up his spirit and died, and was…
- [Genesis 35:29](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/35?v=29) — Isaac gave up the spirit and died, and was gathered to his people, old and full of days. Esau and Jacob, his sons…
- [Genesis 49:33](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/49?v=33) — When Jacob finished charging his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, breathed his last breath, and was gathered…
- [Numbers 17:27](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/17?v=27) — The children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, “Behold, we perish! We are undone! We are all undone!
- [Numbers 17:28](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/17?v=28) — Everyone who keeps approaching the LORD’s tabernacle, dies! Will we all perish?”
- [Numbers 20:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/20?v=3) — The people quarreled with Moses, and spoke, saying, “We wish that we had died when our brothers died before the LORD!
- [Numbers 20:29](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/20?v=29) — When all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they wept for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.