Lexical Definition

‎גְּוִיָּה‎ gᵉvîyâh (ghev-ee-yaw') body ^H:N-F
prolonged for ‎גֵּוָה‎

(dead) body, carcase, corpse.

• a body, whether alive or dead

1) a body (of living creatures)
2) a corpse, carcass, dead body

See Greek: πτῶμα · σῶμα

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎גְּוִיָּה‎ noun feminine body, corpse — absolute ‎׳‎‎ג‎ Nah 3:3 construct ‎גְּוִיַּת‎ Judg 14:8 + 2 t.; suffix ‎גְּוִיָּתוֺ‎ 1Sam 31:10; Dan 10:6, ‎גְּוִיָּתֵנוּ‎ Gen 47:18, ‎גְּוִיָּתָם‎ Nah 3:3 plural absolute ‎גְּוִיּוֺת‎ Ps 110:6 suffix ‎גְּוִיֹּתֵנוּ‎ Neh 9:37, ‎גְּוִיֹּתֵיהֶם‎ Ezek 1:23, ‎גְּוִיֹּתֵיהֶ֑נָֿה‎ vEzek 1:11 —

1. living human body Gen 47:18 (singular, of many persons), compare plural Neh 9:37 of man in Daniel's vision Dan 10:6 (body apart from extremities); also of the living creatures in Ezekiel's vision Ezek 1:11; Ezek 1:28.

2. dead body, corpse, carcass:
a. of man 1Sam 31:10 (so originally in || 1Chr 10:10 see We^Sm compare Dr) v1Chr 10:12 v1Chr 10:12 (singular of several persons), Ps 110:6 collective Nah 3:3 (twice in verse);
b. of lion Judg 14:8; Judg 14:9.

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