H1607: גָּעַשׁ
gâʻash · pronounced gaw-ash' · “to shake”
Definition
to agitate violently
KJV translates it as: move, shake, toss, trouble.
Word origin: a primitive root
Extended definition
1a) (Qal) to shake
1b) (Pual) to be shaken up, convulsed
1c) (Hithpael) to shake back and forth, toss or reel to and fro
1d) (Hithpoel) to reel to and fro
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H1607 is translated
- they shook back and forth ×3
- they surge ×2
- it shook back and forth ×1
- they are shaken ×1
- it shook ×1
- they will stagger to and fro ×1
Bible verses with H1607 (gâʻash)
Gâʻash appears in 7 verses.
- 2 Samuel 22:8
Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.
- Job 34:20
In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand.
- Psalms 18:7
Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
- Jeremiah 5:22
Fear ye not me? saith the Lord: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
- Jeremiah 25:16
And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.
- Jeremiah 46:7
Who is this that cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers?
- Jeremiah 46:8
Egypt riseth up like a flood, and his waters are moved like the rivers; and he saith, I will go up, and will cover the earth; I will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof.