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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 10:10desire, 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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:15 -

“However, you may sacrifice and eat meat within any of your gates, [fn]whatever you desire H185, according to the blessing of Yahweh your God which He has given you; the unclean and the clean may eat of it, as of the gazelle and the deer.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:20 -

“When Yahweh your God enlarges your territory as He has promised you, and you say, ‘I will eat meat,’ because [fn]you desire to eat meat, then you may eat meat, [fn]whatever you desire H185.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:21 - “If the place where Yahweh your God chooses to set His name is too far away from you, then you may sacrifice of your herd and flock which Yahweh has given you, as I have commanded you; and you may eat within your gates [fn]whatever you desire H185.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:6 -

“Now if a Levite comes from any of your gates of the towns throughout Israel where he sojourns and comes [fn]whenever he desires H185 to the place which Yahweh chooses,

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:20 - “So now, O king, according to all the desire H185 of your soul to come down, come down here; and our part shall be to surrender him into the king’s hand.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:24 -

A wild donkey accustomed to the wilderness,

That sniffs the wind in her passion H185.

In the time of her [fn]heat who can turn her away?

All who seek her will not become weary;

In her month they will find her.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:10 -

When it is My desire H185, I will [fn]chastise them;

And the peoples will be gathered against them

When they are bound for their double guilt.

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