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Lexicon :: Strong's H1942 - haûâ

Aa
הַוָּה
Transliteration
haûâ
Pronunciation
hav-vaw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 483a

Strong’s Definitions

הַוָּה havvâh, hav-vaw'; from H1933 (in the sense of eagerly coveting and rushing upon; by implication, of falling); desire; also ruin:—calamity, iniquity, mischief, mischievous (thing), naughtiness, naughty, noisome, perverse thing, substance, very wickedness.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x

The KJV translates Strong's H1942 in the following manner: calamity (4x), wickedness (3x), perverse thing (1x), mischief (1x), noisome (1x), iniquity (1x), substance (1x), naughtiness (1x), naughty (1x), mischievous (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x
The KJV translates Strong's H1942 in the following manner: calamity (4x), wickedness (3x), perverse thing (1x), mischief (1x), noisome (1x), iniquity (1x), substance (1x), naughtiness (1x), naughty (1x), mischievous (1x).

  1. desire

    1. desire (in bad sense)

  2. chasm (fig. of destruction)

    1. engulfing ruin, destruction, calamity

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
הַוָּה havvâh, hav-vaw'; from H1933 (in the sense of eagerly coveting and rushing upon; by implication, of falling); desire; also ruin:—calamity, iniquity, mischief, mischievous (thing), naughtiness, naughty, noisome, perverse thing, substance, very wickedness.
STRONGS H1942: Abbreviations
† הַוָּה noun feminine
1. desire;
2. chasm, figurative destruction (compare هَوًى desire, هَوَأً atmosphere, emptiness, هَاوِيَةً a deep pit, hell (compare below הָוָה); Aramaic aTvfh gulf, chasm (Luke 16:26 Syriac Version)) construct הַוַּת Micah 7:3 +, suffix הַוָּתִי Job 6:2 +, plural הַוּוֺת Psalm 5:10 +; —
1. desire (in bad sense) Micah 7:3 דֹּבֵר הַוַּת נַפְשׁוֺ speaketh the desire of his soul, Proverbs 10:3 הַוַּת רְשָׁעִים, Proverbs 11:6 בֹּגְדִים ה׳, Psalm 52:9 יָעֹז בְּהַוָּתוֺ became strong through his (evil) desire (but read rather with Syriac Version Targum Lag Gr Bi Che Now ׃ בְּהוֺנוֺ || בְּעָשְׁרוֺ).
2. engulfing ruin, destruction Job 6:2; Qr Job 30:13 (compare Baer's note) הַוָּתִי of Job's great calamity; plural (intensive) הַוּוֺת, especially as wrought, or meditated, by one against another, Psalm 5:10 קִרְבָּם הַוּוֺת their inward part is engulfing ruin (Che), Psalm 38:13 דִּבְּרוּ הַוּוֺת, Psalm 52:4 תַּחֲשֹׁב ה׳ לְשׁוֺנְךָ (compare Proverbs 17:4 לְשׁוֺן הַוּוֺת), Psalm 55:12 בְּקִרְבָּהּ ה׳, Psalm 57:2עַד יַעֲבֹר ה׳ till the storm of ruin (Che) pass by, Psalm 91:3דֶּבֶר ה׳ destructive pestilence, Psalm 94:20 כִּסֵּא ה׳ the seat (tribunal) of destruction (i.e. which ruins the innocent by injustice), Proverbs 19:13 a foolish son is הַוּוֺת לְאָבָיו, Job 6:30 (compare Job 6:2 above)
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Job

6:2; 6:2; 6:2; 6:30; 30:13

Psalms

5:10; 5:10; 38:13; 52:4; 52:9; 55:12; 57:2; 91:3; 94:20

Proverbs

10:3; 11:6; 17:4; 19:13

Micah

7:3; 7:3

Luke

16:26

H1942

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1942 matches the Hebrew הַוָּה (haûâ),
which occurs 16 times in 16 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:2 - If only my passion might be measured, and put into the scales against my trouble!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:30 - Is there evil in my tongue? is not the cause of my trouble clear to me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:13 - They have made waste my roads, with a view to my destruction; his bowmen come round about me;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:9 - For no faith may be put in their words; their inner part is nothing but evil; their throat is like an open place for the dead; smooth are the words of their tongues.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:12 - Those who have a desire to take my life put nets for me; those who are designing my destruction say evil things against me, all the day their minds are full of deceit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:2 - Purposing destruction, using deceit; your tongue is like a sharp blade.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:7 - See, this is the man who did not make God his strength, but had faith in his goods and his property, and made himself strong in his wealth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:11 - Evil is there; cruel rule and deceit are ever in the streets.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:1 - <To the chief music-maker; put to Al-tashheth. Michtam. Of David. When he went in flight from Saul, in the hole of the rock.> Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me; for the hope of my soul is in you: I will keep myself safely under the shade of your wings, till these troubles are past.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:3 - He will take you out of the bird-net, and keep you safe from wasting disease.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:20 - What part with you has the seat of sin, which makes evil into a law?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:3 - The Lord will not let the upright be in need of food, but he puts far from him the desire of the evil-doers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:6 - The righteousness of the upright will be their salvation, but the false will themselves be taken in their evil designs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:4 - A wrongdoer gives attention to evil lips, and a man of deceit gives ear to a damaging tongue.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:13 - A foolish son is the destruction of his father; and the bitter arguments of a wife are like drops of rain falling without end.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:3 - Their hands are made ready to do evil; the ruler makes requests for money, and the judge is looking for a reward; and the great man gives decisions at his pleasure, and the right is twisted.
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