HebrewH0185Noun (Feminine)

אַוָּה

av.vah

7Occurrences
H0185Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

longing

from H183 (אָוָה);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
desire, lust, will (not necessarily evil)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

H:N-F

Full Description

H:N-F

Occurrences

אַוָּה appears 7 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Deuteronomy
4
1 Samuel
1
Hosea
1
Jeremiah
1

Key Passages

1 Samuel 23:20BSB

Now, O king, come down whenever your soul desires, and we will be responsible for delivering him into your hand.”

Deuteronomy 12:15BSB

But whenever you want, you may slaughter and eat meat within any of your gates, according to the blessing the LORD your God has given you. Both the ceremonially clean and unclean may eat it as they would a gazelle or deer,

Deuteronomy 12:20BSB

When the LORD your God expands your territory as He has promised, and you crave meat and say, “I want to eat meat,” you may eat it whenever you want.

Deuteronomy 12:21BSB

If the place where the LORD your God chooses to put His Name is too far from you, then you may slaughter any of the herd or flock He has given you, as I have commanded you, and you may eat it within your gates whenever you want.

Deuteronomy 18:6BSB

Now if a Levite moves from any town of residence throughout Israel and comes in all earnestness to the place the LORD will choose,

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.