H1472

גְּוִיָּה

ge.viy.yahH:N-F

body

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

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

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 WeSm 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.


11 occurrences

Genesis (1), Judges (2), I Samuel (2), Nehemiah (1), Psalms (1), Ezekiel (2), Daniel (1), Nahum (1)