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Lexicon :: Strong's H1942 - haûâ

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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 Box Job 6:2

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“Oh that my vexation were actually weighed

And laid in the balances together with my destruction H1942!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:30

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“Is there unrighteousness on my tongue?

Cannot my palate discern [fn]destruction H1942?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:13

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“They break up my path;

They profit [fn]from my destruction H1942;

They have no helper.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 5:9

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There is nothing [fn]reliable in their mouth;

Their inward part is destruction H1942 itself.

Their throat is an open grave;

They [fn]flatter with their tongue.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 38:12

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Those who search for my life lay snares for me;

And those who seek [fn]to do me evil have [fn]threatened destruction H1942,

And they meditate on deception all day long.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 52:2

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Your tongue devises destruction H1942,

Like a sharp razor, O worker of deceit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 52:7

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“Behold, the man who would not set God as his strength,

But trusted in the abundance of his riches

And was strong in his destruction H1942.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:11

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Destruction H1942 is in her midst;

Oppression and deceit do not depart from her [fn]streets.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 57:1

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For the choir director. [fn]Al-tashheth. Of David. A [fn]Mikhtam. [fn]When he fled from Saul in the cave.

Be gracious to me, O God, be gracious to me,

For my soul takes refuge in You;

And in the shadow of Your wings I will take refuge

Until destruction H1942 passes by.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 91:3

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For it is He who delivers you from the snare of the trapper

And from the destructive H1942 pestilence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:20

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Can a [fn]throne of destruction H1942 be allied with You,

One which forms [fn]trouble by statute?

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Yahweh will not allow the soul of the righteous to hunger,

But He will push away the craving H1942 of the wicked.

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The righteousness of the upright will deliver them,

But the treacherous will be captured by their own desire H1942.

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An evildoer gives heed to lips of wickedness;

[fn]A liar gives ear to a destructive H1942 tongue.

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A foolish son is destruction H1942 to his father,

And the contentions of a wife are a constant dripping.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 7:3

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Concerning evil, both hands do it well.

The prince asks, also the judge, for a payment,

And a great man speaks the craving H1942 of his soul;

So they weave it together.

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