te.shu.qah (תְּשׁוּקָה) - Hebrew Word Study

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a longing

from H7783 (שׁוּק) in the original sense of stretching out after;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)

desire, longing, craving 1a) of man for woman 1b) of woman for man 1c) of beast to devour

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

H:N-F

Full Description

H:N-F

Occurrences

תְּשׁוּקָה appears 2 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Genesis

2

Key Passages

Genesis 3:16BSB

To the woman He said:“I will sharply increase your pain in childbirth;in pain you will bring forth children.Your desire will be for your husband,and he will rule over you.”

Genesis 4:7BSB

If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you refuse to do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires you, but you must master it.”