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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. Deuteronomy 5:21 תִתְאַוֶּ֜ה tit.'a.Veh · An action: doing it to oneself, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    Neither shalt thou covet thy neighbor's wife; neither shalt thou desire thy neighbor's house, his field, or his man-servant, or his maid-servant, his ox, or his ass, or anything that is thy neighbor's.

  2. Deuteronomy 12:20 תְאַוֶּ֥ה te.'a.Veh · An action: strong action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    When Jehovah thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul desireth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, after all the desire of thy soul.

  3. Deuteronomy 14:26 תְּאַוֶּ֨ה te.'a.Veh · An action: strong action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    and thou shalt bestow the money for whatsoever thy soul desireth, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul asketh of thee; and thou shalt eat there before Jehovah thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou and thy household.

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