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אָוָה

a.vah · to desire

Hebrew · Strong's H183 · Verb · Sounds like: aw-vaw' · 26 occurrences

Word meanings

Strong's dictionary

a primitive root; to wish for; covet, (greatly) desire, be desirous, long, lust (after).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
[אָוָה] vb. incline, desire
Pi. desire
Hithp. desire, long for, lust after

Every occurrence

  1. 1 Samuel 2:16 תְּאַוֶּ֖ה te.'a.Veh · An action: strong action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And if the man said unto him, They will surely burn the fat first, and then take as much as thy soul desireth; then he would say, Nay, but thou shalt give it me now: and if not, I will take it by force.

American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.

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