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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. 2 Samuel 3:21 תְּאַוֶּ֖ה te.'a.Veh · An action: strong action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And Abner said unto David, I will arise and go, and will gather all Israel unto my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with thee, and that thou mayest reign over all that thy soul desireth. And David sent Abner away; and he went in peace.

  2. 2 Samuel 23:15 וַיִּתְאַוֶּ֥ה vai.yit.'a.Veh · An action: doing it to oneself, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me water to drink of the well of Beth-lehem, which is by the gate!

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