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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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“Oh H3863 if H3863 only H3863 my grief H3708 were actually H8254 weighed H8254

And laid H5375 in the balances H3976 together H3162 with my disaster H1942!

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“Is H3426 there H3426 injustice H5766 on my tongue H3956?

Does my palate H2441 not discern H995 disasters H1942?

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“They break H5420 up H5420 my path H5410,

They promote H3276 my destruction H1942;

No H3808 one restrains H6113 them.

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For there H369 is H369 nothing H369 [fn]trustworthy H3559 in [fn]their mouth H6310;

Their inward H7130 part H7130 is destruction H1942 itself.

Their throat H1627 is an open H6605 grave H6913;

They [fn]flatter H2505 with their tongue H3956.

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Those who seek H1245 my life H5315 lay H5367 snares H5367 for me;

And those who seek H1875 to injure H7451 me have [fn]threatened H1696 destruction H1942,

And they plot H1897 deception H4820 all H3605 day H3117 long.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:2

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Your tongue H3956 devises H2803 destruction H1942,

Like a sharp H3913 razor H8593, you worker H6213 of deceit H7423.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:7

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“Behold H2009, the man H1397 who would not make H7760 God H430 his refuge H4581,

But trusted H982 in the abundance H7230 of his riches H6239

And was H5810 strong H5810 in [fn]his evil desire H1942.”

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Destruction H1942 is in her midst H7130;

Oppression H8496 and deceit H4820 do not depart H4185 from her [fn]streets H7339.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:1

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For the music director; set to [fn]Al-tashheth. A [fn]Mikhtam of David, [fn]when he fled from Saul in the cave.

Be H2603 gracious H2603 to me, God H430, be H2603 gracious H2603 to me,

For my soul H5315 takes H2620 refuge H2620 in You;

And in the shadow H6738 of Your wings H3671 I will take H2620 refuge H2620

Until H5704 destruction H1942 passes H5674 by H5674.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:3

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For it is He who rescues H5337 you from the net H6341 of the trapper H3353

And from the deadly H1942 plague H1698.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:20

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Can a [fn]throne H3678 of destruction H1942 be allied H2266 with You,

One which devises H3335 [fn]mischief H5999 by decree H2706?

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The LORD H3068 will not allow the [fn]righteous H6662 to hunger H7456,

But He will [fn]reject H1920 the craving H1942 of the wicked H7563.

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The righteousness H6666 of the upright H3477 will rescue H5337 them,

But the treacherous H898 will be caught H3920 by their own greed H1942.

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An evildoer H7489 listens H7181 to wicked H205 lips H8193;

A [fn]liar H8267 pays H238 attention H238 to a destructive H1942 tongue H3956.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:13

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A foolish H3684 son H1121 is destruction H1942 to his father H1,

And the quarrels H4066 of a wife H802 are a constant H2956 dripping H1812.

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As for evil H7451, both hands H3709 do H3190 it well H3190.

The leader H8269 asks H7592 for a bribe H7966, also the judge H8199,

And the great H1419 one H1419 speaks H1696 the capricious H1942 desire H1942 of his soul H5315;

So they plot H5686 it together H5686.

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