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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 - “However, you may slaughter and eat meat within all your gates, whatever your heart desires, according to the blessing of the LORD your God which He has given you; the unclean and the clean may eat of it, of the gazelle and the deer alike.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:20 - “When the LORD your God enlarges your border as He has promised you, and you say, ‘Let me eat meat,’ because you long to eat meat, you may eat as much meat as your heart desires.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:21 - “If the place where the LORD your God chooses to put His name is too far from you, then you may slaughter from your herd and from your flock which the LORD has given you, just as I have commanded you, and you may eat within your gates as much as your heart desires.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:6 - “So if a Levite comes from any of your gates, from where he dwells among all Israel, and comes with all the desire of his mind to the place which the LORD chooses,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:20 - “Now therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of your soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him into the king’s hand.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:24 - A wild donkey used to the wilderness,
That sniffs at the wind in her desire;
In her time of mating, who can turn her away?
All those who seek her will not weary themselves;
In her month they will find her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:10 - When it is My desire, I will chasten them.
Peoples shall be gathered against them
When I bind them for their two transgressions.[fn]
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