אַוָּה
ʾawwâ
desire
Strong's H185NounHebrewTWOT 40b

אַוָּה (ʾawwâ) is a Hebrew noun meaning desire. It appears 7 times in 4 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H185).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 40b)

Range of meaning (TWOT 40b)desire; longing; lust after, pleasure
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

אַוָּה noun, feminine: desire

Strong's H185 אַוָּה: longing
KJV:desire, lust after, pleasure.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 40: אָוָה ʾāwâ — incline, desire; long for, lust after; wish for; covet, be desirous, long, lust

See it in Scripture

Deuteronomy 18:6Jeremiah 2:24Hosea 10:10

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