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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 - Oh that H3863 my grief H3708 were H8254➔ throughly H8254 weighed, ➔H8254 and my calamity H1942 laid H5375 in the balances H3976 together! H3162

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:30 - Is there H3426 iniquity H5766 in my tongue? H3956 cannot H3808 my taste H2441 discern H995 perverse things? H1942

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:13 - They mar H5420 my path, H5410 they set forward H3276 my calamity, H1942 they have no H3808 helper. H5826

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:9 - For H3588 there is no H369 faithfulness H3559 in their mouth; H6310 their inward part H7130 is very wickedness; H1942 their throat H1627 is an open H6605 sepulchre; H6913 they flatter H2505 with their tongue. H3956

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:12 - They also H5367➔ that seek after H1245 my life H5315 lay snares ➔H5367 for me: and they that seek H1875 my hurt H7451 speak H1696 mischievous things, H1942 and H4820➔ imagine H1897 deceits ➔H4820 all H3605 the day long. H3117

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:2 - Thy tongue H3956 deviseth H2803 mischiefs; H1942 like a H8593➔ sharp H3913 razor, ➔H8593 working H6213 deceitfully. H7423

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:7 - Lo, H2009 this is the man H1397 that made H7760 not H3808 God H430 his strength; H4581 but trusted H982 in the abundance H7230 of his riches, H6239 and strengthened himself H5810 in his wickedness. H1942

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:11 - Wickedness H1942 is in the midst thereof: H7130 deceit H8496 and guile H4820 depart H4185 not H3808 from her streets. H7339

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:1 - [[To the chief Musician, H5329 Altaschith, H516 H516 Michtam H4387 of David, H1732 when he fled H1272 from H6440 Saul H7586 in the cave.]] H4631 Be merciful unto me, H2603 O God, H430 be merciful unto me: H2603 for H3588 my soul H5315 trusteth H2620 in thee: yea, in the shadow H6738 of thy wings H3671 will I make my refuge, H2620 until H5704 these calamities H1942 be overpast. H5674

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:3 - Surely H3588 he H1931 shall deliver thee H5337 from the snare H6341 of the fowler, H3353 and from the H1698➔ noisome H1942 pestilence. ➔H1698

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:20 - Shall H2266➔ the throne H3678 of iniquity H1942 have fellowship with thee, ➔H2266 which frameth H3335 mischief H5999 by H5921 a law? H2706

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:3 - The LORD H3068 will H7456➔ not H3808 suffer ➔H7456➔ the soul H5315 of the righteous H6662 to famish: ➔H7456 but H1942➔ he casteth away H1920 the substance ➔ H1942 of the wicked. H7563

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:6 - The righteousness H6666 of the upright H3477 shall deliver them: H5337 but H1942➔ transgressors H898 shall be taken H3920 in ➔ H1942➔ their own naughtiness. ➔ H1942

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:4 - A wicked doer H7489 giveth heed H7181 to H5921 false H205 lips; H8193 and a liar H8267 giveth ear H238 to H5921 a H3956➔ naughty H1942 tongue. ➔H3956

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:13 - A H1121➔ foolish H3684 son ➔H1121 is the calamity H1942 of his father: H1 and H1812➔ the contentions H4079 of a wife H802 are a ➔H1812➔ continual H2956 dropping. ➔H1812

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:3 - That H5921 they may do H3190➔ evil H7451 with both hands H3709 earnestly, ➔H3190 the prince H8269 asketh, H7592 and the judge H8199 asketh for a reward; H7966 and the great H1419 man, he H1931 uttereth H1696 his H5315➔ mischievous H1942 desire: ➔H5315 so they wrap it up. H5686
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