Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #185 - אַוָּה avvah (desire)

Original Word:	אַוָּה
Transliteration:	avvah
Definition:	desire
Part of Speech:	Noun Feminine
Phonetic Spelling:	(av-vaw')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

desire, lust after, pleasure

From 'avah; longing -- desire, lust after, pleasure.

see HEBREW 'avah

Englishman's Concordance

1) desire, lust, will (not necessarily evil)
Part of Speech: noun feminine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H183
Same Word by TWOT Number: 40b

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[אַוָּה] noun femininedesire — construct אַוַּתDeuteronomy 12:15 5t.; suffix אַוָּתִיHosea 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.

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 185. אַוַּת (avvah) — 7 Occurrences

Deuteronomy 12:15
HEB:רַק֩ בְּכָל־ אַוַּ֨ת נַפְשְׁךָ֜ תִּזְבַּ֣ח ׀
NAS: whatever you desire, according to the blessing
KJV: whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the blessing
INT: within any desire soul may slaughter

Deuteronomy 12:20
HEB:בָּשָׂ֑ר בְּכָל־ אַוַּ֥ת נַפְשְׁךָ֖ תֹּאכַ֥ל
NAS: meat, whatever you desire.
KJV: whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.
INT: meat whatever desire soul may eat

Deuteronomy 12:21
HEB:בִּשְׁעָרֶ֔יךָ בְּכֹ֖ל אַוַּ֥ת נַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃
NAS: within your gates whatever you desire.
KJV: whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.
INT: your gates whatever desire soul

Deuteronomy 18:6
HEB:וּבָא֙ בְּכָל־ אַוַּ֣ת נַפְשׁ֔וֹ אֶל־
NAS: whenever he desires to the place
KJV: and come with all the desire of his mind
INT: and comes whenever desires of his mind to

1 Samuel 23:20
HEB:וְ֠עַתָּה לְכָל־ אַוַּ֨ת נַפְשְׁךָ֥ הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ
NAS: according to all the desire of your soul
KJV: come down according to all the desire of thy soul
INT: Now to all the desire of your soul king

Jeremiah 2:24
HEB:לִמֻּ֣ד מִדְבָּ֗ר בְּאַוַּ֤ת [נַפשֹׁו כ]
NAS: the wind in her passion. In [the time of] her heat
INT: accustomed to the wilderness desire any sniffs

Hosea 10:10
HEB: בְּאַוָּתִ֖י וְאֶסֳּרֵ֑ם וְאֻסְּפ֤וּ
NAS:When it is My desire, I will chastise
KJV:[It is] in my desire that I should chastise
INT:is my desire will chastise will be gathered

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