Gaash means “agitate violently” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G1607 — ekporeuomai (“depart”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H1607 גָּעַשׁ (ga`ash) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. ga`ash (gaw-ash') v. 1. move, shake, toss, trouble [a primitive root to agitate violently] It has 7 linked Bible usages across 4 books. Visible English usage signals include toss. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
ga`ash (gaw-ash') v. 1. move, shake, toss, trouble [a primitive root to agitate violently]
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H1607. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to shake
Usage: 1) to shake, quake 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
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render ga`ash, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
7 indexed usages in Old Testament.
Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.
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.
Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
First 7 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H1607.
Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.
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.
Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
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?
And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.
Who is this that cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers?
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.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H1607, grouped by book.
Gaash (Strong's H1607) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "agitate violently". ga`ash (gaw-ash') v. 1. move, shake, toss, trouble [a primitive root to agitate violently]
This page currently indexes 7 linked usages for Strong's H1607 across 4 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H1607 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as toss. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
