King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H1472
Transliteration: gviyah
Phonetic Spelling: (ghev-ee-yaw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: a body, corpse
Meaning: a body, corpse
Word Summary
gviyah: a body, corpse
Original Word: גְּוִיָּהTransliteration: gviyah
Phonetic Spelling: (ghev-ee-yaw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: a body, corpse
Meaning: a body, corpse
Strong's Concordance
dead body, carcass, corpse Prolonged for gevah; a body, whether alive or dead -- (dead) body, carcase, corpse.
see HEBREW gevah
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H1472. gviyah
גְּוִיָּה noun feminine body, corpse — absolute ׳ג Nahum 3:3; construct גְּוִיַּת Judges 14:8 2t.; suffix גְּוִיָּתוֺ 1 Samuel 31:10; Daniel 10:6, גְּוִיָּתֵנוּ Genesis 47:18, גְּוִיָּתָם Nahum 3:3; plural absolute גְּוִיּוֺת Psalm 110:6; suffix גְּוִיֹּתֵנוּ Nehemiah 9:37, גְּוִיֹּתֵיהֶם Ezekiel 1:23, גְּוִיֹּתֵיהֶ֑נָֿה 1:11; —
1 living human body Genesis 47:18 (singular, of many persons), compare plural Nehemiah 9:37; of man in Daniel's vision Daniel 10:6 (body apart from extremities); also of the living creatures in Ezekiel's vision Ezekiel 1:11, 28.
2 dead body, corpse, carcass:
a. of man 1 Samuel 31:10 (so originally in "" 1 Chronicles 10:10 see WeSm compare Dr) 10:12; 10:12 (singular of several persons), Psalm 110:6; collective Nahum 3:3 (twice in verse);
b. of lion Judges 14:8-9,.