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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

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:15 - On the other hand, you may slaughter and eat meat as you please when the LORD your God blesses you in all your villages. Both the ritually pure and impure may eat it, whether it is a gazelle or an ibex.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:20 - When the LORD your God extends your borders as he said he would do and you say, "I want to eat meat just as I please," you may do so as you wish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:21 - If the place he chooses to locate his name is too far for you, you may slaughter any of your herd and flock he has given you just as I have stipulated; you may eat them in your villages just as you wish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:6 - Suppose a Levite comes by his own free will from one of your villages, from any part of Israel where he is living, to the place the LORD chooses

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:20 - Now at your own discretion, O king, come down. Delivering him into the king's hand will be our responsibility."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:24 - You are like a wild female donkey brought up in the wilderness. In her lust she sniffs the wind to get the scent of a male. No one can hold her back when she is in heat. None of the males need wear themselves out chasing after her. At mating time she is easy to find.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:10 - When I please, I will discipline them; I will gather nations together to attack them, to bind them in chains for their two sins.
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