גּוּפָה
gufa · corpse
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H1480 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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gufa (גּוּפָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “corpse”.
The body of a dead person. The Hebrew word appears only in 1 Chronicles 10:12; the parallel passage, 1 Samuel 31:12, uses another word, "body."
How to say it
gu·fa
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- The body of a dead person.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- corpse ×1
- corpses ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- 1 Chronicles 10:12
and all the valiant men arose and took away the corpse of Saul and the corpses of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh; and they buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
And 1 more times.