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Strong's #185 - אַוָּה

Transliteration

ʼavvâh

Phonetics

av-vaw'

Origin

from (H183)

Parts of Speech

feminine noun

TWOT

40b

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

desire, lust, will (not necessarily evil)

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 93 ‑ ἀδικία (ad‑ee‑kee'‑ah); 1939 ‑ ἐπιθυμία (ep‑ee‑thoo‑mee'‑ah);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (9)

Deuteronomy 6

1 Samuel 1

Jeremiah 1

Hosea 1

BSB (7)

Deuteronomy 4

1 Samuel 1

Jeremiah 1

Hosea 1

CSB (5)

Deuteronomy 4

1 Samuel 1

Jeremiah 1

Hosea 1

ESV (6)

Deuteronomy 4

1 Samuel 1

Jeremiah 1

Hosea 1

KJV (7)

Deuteronomy 4

1 Samuel 1

Jeremiah 1

Hosea 1

LEB (3)

Deuteronomy 1

Jeremiah 1

Hosea 1

LSB (6)

Deuteronomy 4

1 Samuel 1

Hosea 1

N95 (6)

Deuteronomy 4

1 Samuel 1

Hosea 1

NAS (6)

Deuteronomy 4

1 Samuel 1

Jeremiah 1

Hosea 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (9)

Deuteronomy 6

1 Samuel 1

Jeremiah 1

Hosea 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1006) f a (או AW) AC: ? CO: ? AB: Desire: The pictograph f , replacing the e , is a peg representing the idea of attaching something. This root has the idea of adding something out of desire. This root is closely related to the root ea. (eng: or - with an added r)

A) f a (או AW) AC: Desire CO: ? AB: ?

N^m ) f a (או AW) - Or: An alternative or optional desire. KJV (21): also, and, desire, either, least, nor, or, otherwise, should, then, whether - Strongs: H176 (אוֹ)

N^f1) e f a (אוה AWH) - Desire: What is good or bad, that is desired. KJV (7): desire, lust after, pleasure - Strongs: H185 (אַוָּה)

f^m) i f a (אוי AWY) - Oh: A passionate cry of desire. KJV (24): woe, alas - Strongs: H188 (אוֹי)

f^f1) e i f a (אויה AWYH) - Woe: A passionate cry of desire. KJV (1): woe - Strongs: H190 (אוֹיָה)

af^m) i f a m (מאוי MAWY) - Desire: What is desired. KJV (1): desires - Strongs: H3970 (מַאֲוִיִּים)

H) e f a (אוה AWH) AC: Point CO: ? AB: ?

V) e f a (אוה AWH) - Point: To point out what is desired. KJV (1): (vf: Hitpael) point - Strongs: H184 (אָוָה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

[אַוָּה] noun feminine desire — construct אַוַּת Deuteronomy 12:15 5t.; suffix אַוָּתִי Hosea 10:10 — desire, will, usually followed by נֶפֶשׁ; of natural human desire (morally indifferent), for meat Deuteronomy 12:15,20,21; of longing for sanctuary Deuteronomy 18:6; of royal good pleasure 1 Samuel 23:20; without נֶפֶשׁ, of wild-ass Jeremiah 2:24; of divine will Hosea 10:10.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

אַוָּה f. (from the root אָוָה No. I, 2).

(1) desire, lust; used of desire of food, Deuteronomy 12:15, 20 Deuteronomy 12:20, 21 Deuteronomy 12:21, 18:6 of sexual desire, Jeremiah 2:24.

(2) pleasure, will, 1 Samuel 23:20. Always applied to the soul (נֶפֶשׁ), except Hosea 10:10.

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List of Word Forms

אַוַּ֣ת אַוַּ֥ת אַוַּ֨ת אות בְּאַוַּ֤ת בְּאַוָּתִ֖י באות באותי ’aw·waṯ ’awwaṯ avVat bə’awwaṯ bə’awwāṯî bə·’aw·wā·ṯî bə·’aw·waṯ beavVat beavvaTi