Hebrew verb · H183
אָוָה
avahaw-vaw'
to desire
26 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʼâvâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H183is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 14 of 39Old Testament books
- 23spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H183
to wish for
The King James renders it: covet, (greatly) desire, be desirous, long, lust (after).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
avah is rendered "to desire". It stands 26 times in the Hebrew text, across fourteen books.
- Six of the uses stand in Proverbs, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Numbers 11:4Meanwhile, the rabble among them had a strong craving for other food, and again the Israelites wept and said, “Who will feed us meat?
- The Greek text spells it twenty-three different ways.
The first use
Meanwhile, the rabble among them had a strong craving for other food, and again the Israelites wept and said, “Who will feed us meat?
Numbers 11:4הִתְאַוּ֖וּ
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in fourteen of the 39 Old Testament books.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- it will desire3
- it craves2
- it desires2
- you crave2
- and he craved1
- and he desired1
- and they craved1
- coveting1
- he craves1
- he desires1
- he has desired it1
- I have desired1
and 9 more, 26 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| אָוָה | avah | to mark | Uses1 |
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
All 26, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
23 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- תְּאַוֶּ֖ה3
- תִּ֝תְאָ֗יו2
- אִ֝וָּ֗הּ1
- אִוִּיתִ֙יךָ֙1
- אִוְּתָ֣ה1
- אִוְּתָ֥ה1
- אִוְּתָה־1
- אִוִּתִֽיהָ׃1
- הַמִּתְאַוִּ֖ים1
- הַמִּתְאַוִּֽים׃1
- הִתְאַוָּ֣ה1
- הִתְאַוּ֖וּ1
and 11 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singular5HVpi3fs
- verb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singular3HVpp3fs
- Hc/Vtw3ms2Hc/Vtw3ms
- the definite article (“the”) + verb · reflexive (hithpael), participle · masculine plural2HTd/Vtrmpa
- verb · reflexive (hithpael), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singular2HVtj2ms
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · reflexive (hithpael), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singular1HC/Vtj3ms
- Hc/Vtw3mp1Hc/Vtw3mp
- verb · intensive (piel), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine plural1HVpj2mp
- verb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1HVpp1cs/Sp2ms
- verb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1HVpp1cs/Sp3fs
- verb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1HVpp3ms/Sp3fs
- verb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular1HVti2ms
Numbers
two uses
Meanwhile, the rabble among them had a strong craving for other food, and again the Israelites wept and said, “Who will feed us meat?
- הִתְאַוּ֖וּhitavuverb · reflexive (hithpael), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they craved
So they called that place Kibroth-hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had craved other food.
- הַמִּתְאַוִּֽים׃hamitavimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · reflexive (hithpael), participle · masculine pluraltagged: who craved
Deuteronomy
three uses
You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife. You shall not covet your neighbor’s house or field, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”
- תִתְאַוֶּ֜הtitavehverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you must desire
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.
- תְאַוֶּ֥הteavehverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will desire
Then you may spend the money on anything you desire: cattle, sheep, wine, strong drink, or anything you wish. You are to feast there in the presence of the LORD your God and rejoice with your household.
- תְּאַוֶּ֨הteavehverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will desire
1 Samuel
one use
And if any man said to him, “The fat must be burned first; then you may take whatever you want,” the servant would reply, “No, you must give it to me right now. If you refuse, I will take it by force!”
- תְּאַוֶּ֖הteavehverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it desires
2 Samuel
two uses
Then Abner said to David, “Let me go at once, and I will gather all Israel to my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may rule over all that your heart desires.” So David dismissed Abner, and he went in peace.
- תְּאַוֶּ֖הteavehverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it desires
David longed for water and said, “Oh, that someone would get me a drink of water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem!”
- וַיִּתְאַוֶּ֥הvaiyitavehHc/Vtw3mstagged: and he desired
1 Kings
one use
But as for you, I will take you, and you shall reign over all that your heart desires, and you will be king over Israel.
- תְּאַוֶּ֖הteavehverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will desire
1 Chronicles
one use
David longed for water and said, “Oh, that someone would get me a drink of water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem!”
- וַיִּתְאָ֥יוvaiyitavHc/Vtw3mstagged: and he craved
Job
one use
But He is unchangeable, and who can oppose Him? He does what He desires.
- אִוְּתָ֣הʾivetahverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it has desired
Psalms
four uses
and the king will desire your beauty; bow to him, for he is your lord.
- וְיִתְאָ֣וveyitavconjunction (“and”) + verb · reflexive (hithpael), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: so may he desire
They craved intensely in the wilderness and tested God in the desert.
- וַיִּתְאַוּ֣וּvaiyitavuHc/Vtw3mptagged: and they craved
For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His home:
- אִ֝וָּ֗הּʾivahverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: he has desired it
“This is My resting place forever and ever; here I will dwell, for I have desired this home.
- אִוִּתִֽיהָ׃ʾivitihaverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: I have desired it
Proverbs
six uses
The slacker craves yet has nothing, but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied.
- מִתְאַוָּ֣הmitavahverb · reflexive (hithpael), participle · feminine singulartagged: coveting
The soul of the wicked man craves evil; his neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.
- אִוְּתָה־ʾivetah-verb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it craves
All day long he covets more, but the righteous give without restraint.
- הִתְאַוָּ֣הhitavahverb · reflexive (hithpael), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: he craves
Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.
- תִּ֭תְאָיוtitoverb · intensive (piel), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you crave
Do not eat the bread of a stingy man, and do not crave his delicacies;
- תִּ֝תְאָ֗יוtitavverb · reflexive (hithpael), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you crave
Do not envy wicked men or desire their company;
- תִּ֝תְאָ֗יוtitavverb · reflexive (hithpael), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you desire
Ecclesiastes
one use
God gives a man riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing his heart desires; but God does not allow him to enjoy them. Instead, a stranger will enjoy them. This is futile and a grievous affliction.
- יִתְאַוֶּ֗הyitavehverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he desires
Isaiah
one use
My soul longs for You in the night; indeed, my spirit seeks You at dawn. For when Your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.
- אִוִּיתִ֙יךָ֙ʾivitikhaverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: I have desired you
Jeremiah
one use
But I have not run away from being Your shepherd; I have not desired the day of despair. You know that the utterance of my lips was spoken in Your presence.
- הִתְאַוֵּ֖יתִיhitaveitiverb · reflexive (hithpael), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have desired
Amos
one use
Woe to you who long for the Day of the LORD! What will the Day of the LORD be for you? It will be darkness and not light.
- הַמִּתְאַוִּ֖יםhamitavimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · reflexive (hithpael), participle · masculine pluraltagged: those desire
Micah
one use
Woe is me! For I am like one gathering summer fruit at the gleaning of the vineyard; there is no cluster to eat, no early fig that I crave.
- אִוְּתָ֥הʾivetahverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it craves
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.