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Lexicon :: Strong's H8378 - ta'ăvâ

Aa
תַּאֲוָה
Transliteration
ta'ăvâ
Pronunciation
tah-av-aw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From אָוָה (H183) (abbrev)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 40d

Strong’s Definitions

תַּאֲוָה taʼăvâh, tah-av-aw'; from H183 (abbreviated); a longing; by implication, a delight (subjectively, satisfaction, objectively, a charm):—dainty, desire, × exceedingly, × greedily, lust(ing), pleasant. See also H6914.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x

The KJV translates Strong's H8378 in the following manner: desire (13x), lust (1x), greedily (1x), pleasant (1x), miscellaneous (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x
The KJV translates Strong's H8378 in the following manner: desire (13x), lust (1x), greedily (1x), pleasant (1x), miscellaneous (4x).

  1. desire

    1. desire, wish, longings of one's heart

      1. lust, appetite, covetousness (bad sense)

    2. thing desired, object of desire

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
תַּאֲוָה taʼăvâh, tah-av-aw'; from H183 (abbreviated); a longing; by implication, a delight (subjectively, satisfaction, objectively, a charm):—dainty, desire, × exceedingly, × greedily, lust(ing), pleasant. See also H6914.
STRONGS H8378: Abbreviations
† תַּאֲוָה noun feminine desire — absolute Genesis 3:6 +; construct תַּאֲוַת Psalm 10:3 + etc.; —
1. desire, wish Proverbs 13:12, 19; Proverbs 18:1; of physical appetite, longing for dainty food מַאֲכַל ת׳ Job 33:20; distinctly good sense Psalm 10:17; Psalm 38:10; Proverbs 11:23; Proverbs 19:22 (? compare below) Isaiah 26:8 (נָֿ֑פֶשׁ לְשִׁמְךָ וּלְזִכְרְךָ ת׳); bad sense, lust, appetite, covetousness Psalm 10:3 (ת׳ נַפְשׁוֺ) Psalm 112:10; Proverbs 21:25, 26 (as accusative of cognate meaning); particularly of longing for dainties of Egypt Numbers 11:4; Psalm 106:14 (both accusative of cognate meaning) Psalm 78:30 & in proper name given to place where it occurred קִבְרוֺת הַתַּאֲוָה (which see) Numbers 11:34, 35; Numbers 33:16, 17; Deuteronomy 9:22.
2. thing desired, in good sense Proverbs 10:24; bad sense Psalm 78:29 so לִבּוֺ ת׳ Psalm 21:3; thing desirable (to senses) Genesis 3:6 (לְעֵינַיִם ת׳); perhaps also Proverbs 19:22 the ornament of a man is his kindness (Ra Ki, etc. but compare above)
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

3:6; 3:6

Numbers

11:4; 11:34; 11:35; 33:16; 33:17

Deuteronomy

9:22

Job

33:20

Psalms

10:3; 10:3; 10:17; 21:3; 38:10; 78:29; 78:30; 106:14; 112:10

Proverbs

10:24; 11:23; 13:12; 13:19; 18:1; 19:22; 19:22; 21:25; 21:26

Isaiah

26:8

H8378

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8378 matches the Hebrew תַּאֲוָה (ta'ăvâ),
which occurs 21 times in 21 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:6 - When the woman H802 saw H7200 that the tree H6086 was good H2896 for food H3978, and that it was a delight H8378 to the eyes H5869, and that the tree H6086 was desirable H2530 to make H7919 one wise H7919, she took H3947 some H4480 of its fruit H6529 and ate H398; and she also H1571 gave H5414 some to her husband H376 with her, and he ate H398.

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Now the rabble H628 who H834 were among H7130 them [fn]had H183 greedy H183 cravings H8378; and the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 also H1571 wept H1058 again H7725 and said H559, “Who H4310 will give us [fn]meat H1320 to eat H398?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:16 - And if the man H376 said H559 to him, “They must H6999 [fn]burn H6999 the fat H2459 [fn]first H3117, then take H3947 as much H834 as H834 [fn]you desire H183,” then he would say H559, “No H3808, but you must give H5414 it to me now H6258; and if H518 not, I am taking H3947 it by force H2394!”

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So that his life H2416 loathes H2092 bread H3899,

And his soul H5315, food H3978 [fn]that he should crave H8378.

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For the wicked H7563 boasts H1984 of his soul’s H5315 desire H8378,

And [fn]the greedy H1214 person H1214 curses H1288 and shows H5006 disrespect H5006 to the LORD H3068.

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LORD H3068, You have heard H8085 the desire H8378 of the humble H6035;

You will strengthen H3559 their heart H3820, You will make H7181 Your ear H241 attentive H7181

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You have given H5414 him his heart’s H3820 desire H8378,

And You have not withheld H4513 the request H782 of his lips H8193. Selah H5542

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Lord H136, all H3605 my desire H8378 is [fn]before H5048 You;

And my sighing H585 is not hidden H5641 from You.

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So they ate H398 and were well H3966 filled H7646,

And He [fn]satisfied H935 their longing H8378.

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[fn]Yet before they had abandoned H2114 their longing H8378,

While H5750 their food H400 was in their mouths H6310,

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But became H183 lustfully H8378 greedy H183 in the wilderness H4057,

And put H5254 God H410 to H5254 the H5254 test H5254 in the desert H3452.

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The wicked H7563 will see H7200 it and be [fn]vexed H3707,

He will gnash H2786 his teeth H8127 and melt H4549 away H4549;

The desire H8378 of the wicked H7563 will perish H6.

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What H4034 the wicked H7563 fears H4034 will come H935 upon him,

But the desire H8378 of the righteous H6662 will be granted H5414.

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The desire H8378 of the righteous H6662 is only H389 good H2896,

But the expectation H8615 of the wicked H7563 is wrath H5678.

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Hope H8431 deferred H4900 makes H2470 the heart H3820 sick H2470,

But desire H8378 [fn]fulfilled H935 is a tree H6086 of life H2416.

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Desire H8378 realized H1961 is sweet H6149 to the soul H5315,

But it is an abomination H8441 to fools H3684 to turn H5493 away H5493 from evil H7451.

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One who separates H6504 himself seeks H1245 his own desire H8378;

He [fn]quarrels H1566 against all H3605 sound H8454 wisdom H8454.

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What H8378 is H8378 desirable H8378 in a person H120 is his [fn]kindness H2617,

And it is better H2896 to be a poor H7326 person H7326 than H4480 a liar H376 H3577.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:25

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The desire H8378 of the [fn]lazy H6102 one H6102 puts H4191 him to H4191 death H4191,

For his hands H3027 refuse H3985 to work H6213;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:26

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All H3605 day H3117 long he [fn]is craving H183,

While the righteous H6662 gives H5414 and does not hold H2820 back H2820.

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Indeed H637, while following the way H734 of Your judgments H4941, LORD H3068,

We have waited H6960 for You eagerly H6960;

Your name H8034, and remembering H2143 You, is the desire H8378 of our souls H5315.

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