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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. Amos 5:18 הַמִּתְאַוִּ֖ים ha.mit.'a.Vim · An -ing word: doing it to oneself

    Woe unto you that desire the day of Jehovah! Wherefore would ye have the day of Jehovah? It is darkness, and not light.

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