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תַּאֲוָה

ta.a.vah · desire

Hebrew · Strong's H8378 · Noun · Sounds like: tah-av-aw' · 20 occurrences

English

Word meanings

Strong's dictionary

from אָוָה (abbreviated); a longing; by implication, a delight (subjectively, satisfaction, objectively, a charm); dainty, desire, [idiom] exceedingly, [idiom] greedily, lust(ing), pleasant. See also קִבְרוֹת הַתַּאֲוָה.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
תַּאֲוָה n.f. desire
2. thing desired

Every occurrence

  1. Job 33:20 תַּאֲוָֽה׃ ta.'a.Vah · A person, place or thing

    So that his life abhorreth bread, And his soul dainty food.

American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.

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