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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).

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

Every occurrence

  1. Proverbs 24:1 תִּ֝תְאָ֗יו tit.'av · A mild command: doing it to oneself, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    Be not thou envious against evil men; Neither desire to be with them:

  2. Ecclesiastes 6:2 יִתְאַוֶּ֗ה yit.'a.Veh · An action: doing it to oneself, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    a man to whom God giveth riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacketh nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but an alien eateth it; this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

  3. Isaiah 26:9 אִוִּיתִ֙יךָ֙ 'i.vi.Ti.kha · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee earnestly: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

  4. Jeremiah 17:16 הִתְאַוֵּ֖יתִי hit.'a.Vei.ti · An action: doing it to oneself, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    As for me, I have not hastened from being a shepherd after thee; neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was before thy face.

  5. 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.

  6. Micah 7:1 אִוְּתָ֥ה 'i.ve.Tah · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grape gleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat; my soul desireth the first-ripe fig.

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