תַּאֲוָה
taʾăwâ
desire
Strong's H8378NounHebrewTWOT 40d

תַּאֲוָה (taʾăwâ) is a Hebrew noun meaning desire. It appears 21 times in 7 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H8378).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 40d)

Range of meaning (TWOT 40d)desire; thing desired; longing, delight; dainty, lust, pleasant
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

תַּאֲוָה noun, feminine: desire

Strong's H8378 תַּאֲוָה: a longing; by implication, a delight (subjectively, satisfaction, objectively, a charm)
KJV:dainty, desire, × exceedingly, × greedily, lust(ing), pleasant. See also H6914.

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

Genesis 3:6Numbers 11:41 Samuel 2:16

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