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Lexicon :: Strong's H185 - 'aûâ

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אַוָּה
Transliteration
'aûâ
Pronunciation
av-vaw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 40b

Strong’s Definitions

אַוָּה ʼavvâh, av-vaw'; from H183; longing:—desire, lust after, pleasure.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's H185 in the following manner: desire (3x), lust after (3x), pleasure (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's H185 in the following manner: desire (3x), lust after (3x), pleasure (1x).

  1. desire, lust, will (not necessarily evil)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אַוָּה ʼavvâh, av-vaw'; from H183; longing:—desire, lust after, pleasure.
STRONGS H185: Abbreviations
† [אַוָּה] noun feminine desire — construct אַוַּת Deuteronomy 12:15 + 5 times; 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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Deuteronomy

12:15; 12:15; 12:20; 12:21; 18:6

1 Samuel

23:20

Jeremiah

2:24

Hosea

10:10; 10:10

H185

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Strong's Number H185 matches the Hebrew אַוָּה ('aûâ),
which occurs 7 times in 7 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:15 - Nevertheless, according to all the desire of thy soul thou mayest slay and eat flesh in all thy gates, according to the blessing of Jehovah thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the gazelle, and the hart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:20 - When Jehovah thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he promised thee, and thou say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to eat flesh, thou mayest eat flesh, according to all the desire of thy soul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:21 - If the place which Jehovah thy God will choose to set his name there be too far from thee, then thou shalt slay of thy kine and of thy sheep which Jehovah hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, and thou shalt eat in thy gates according to all the desire of thy soul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:6 - And if the Levite shall come from one of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourneth, and shall come according to all the desire of his soul unto the place which Jehovah will choose,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:20 - And now, O king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and it will be for us to deliver him up into the king's hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:24 - -- a wild ass, used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind in her desire! In her ardour, who shall turn her away? All they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:10 - At my pleasure will I chastise them; and the peoples shall be assembled against them, when they are bound for their two iniquities.
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