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Strong's #1472 - גְּוִיָּה
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- a body (of living creatures)
- a corpse, carcass, dead body
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1052) fc (גו GW) AC: ? CO: Back AB: ?: The back as the middle part of the body, used in lifting. This root is related to acand ec.
A) fc (גו GW) AC: ? CO: Back AB: ?
Nm ) fc (גו GW) - I. Back:[Hebrew and Aramaic] II. Middle:The middle or in the midst of anything as the back is in the middle. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (23): back, midst, within the same, wherein, therein, among, body - Strongs: H1458 (גַּו), H1459 (גַּו), H1460 (גֵּו)
Nf1) efc (גוה GWH) - I. Back: II. Pride:A lifting up of something or oneself in a positive or negative sense. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (5): body, pride, lifting up - Strongs: H1465 (גֵּוָה), H1466 (גֵּוָה), H1467 (גֵּוָה)
fm) ifc (גוי GWY) - Nation: The people of a nation as the back, or body. KJV (558): nation, heathen, gentiles, people - Strongs: H1471 (גֹּי)
ff1) eifc (גויה GWYH) - Back: By extension, the body, either alive or dead, a corpse. KJV (13): body, corpse, carcass - Strongs: H1472 (גְּוִיָּה)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
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 We Sm compare Dr) 1 Chronicles 10:12; 1 Chronicles 10:12 (singular of several persons), Psalm 110:6; collective Nahum 3:3 (twice in verse);
b. of lion Judges 14:8,9.
גְּוִיָּה f.
(1) body (pr. belly, like the Syr. ܓܘܳܝܐܳ Leib). Ezekiel 1:11, 23 Ezekiel 1:23; Daniel 10:6. Genesis 47:18, “nothing remains … בִּלְתּי אִם־גְּוִיָּתֵנוּ וְאַדְמָתֵנוּ but our bodies and our lands.” Nehemiah 9:37, עַל־גְּוִיֹּתֵנוּ משְׁלִים וּבִבְהֶמְתֵּנוּ “they have dominion over our bodies and our cattle.”
(2) a dead body, corpse, both of men, 1 Samuel 31:10, 12 1 Samuel 31:12; Nahum 3:3 and of beasts, Judges 14:8, Judges 14:9.