Hebrew noun (feminine) · H185
אַוָּה
avvahav-vaw'
desire
7 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʼavvâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H185is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 39Old Testament books
- 5spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H185
longing
The King James renders it: desire, lust after, pleasure.
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
avvah is rendered "desire". It stands 7 times in the Hebrew text, across four books.
- Four of the uses stand in Deuteronomy, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Deuteronomy 12:15But 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,
- The Greek text spells it five different ways.
The first use
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 12:15אַוַּ֨ת
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Four of the word's seven uses are in Deuteronomy.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- desire of4
- at desire my1
- desire1
- in lust of1
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.
All 7, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
5 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
- אַוַּ֨ת2
- אַוַּ֥ת2
- אַוַּ֣ת1
- בְּאַוַּ֤ת1
- בְּאַוָּתִ֖י1
The grammar of each form
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)5HNcfsc
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HR/Ncfsc
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1HR/Ncfsc/Sp1bs
Deuteronomy
four uses
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,
- אַוַּ֨תʾavatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: desire of
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.
- אַוַּ֥תʾavatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: desire
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.
- אַוַּ֥תʾavatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: desire of
Now if a Levite moves from any town of residence throughout Israel and comes in all earnestness to the place the LORD will choose,
- אַוַּ֣תʾavatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: desire of
1 Samuel
one use
Now, O king, come down whenever your soul desires, and we will be responsible for delivering him into your hand.”
- אַוַּ֨תʾavatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: desire of
Jeremiah
one use
a wild donkey at home in the wilderness, sniffing the wind in the heat of her desire. Who can restrain her passion? All who seek her need not weary themselves; in mating season they will find her.
- בְּאַוַּ֤תbeavatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in lust of
Hosea
one use
I will chasten them when I please; nations will be gathered against them to put them in bondage for their double transgression.
- בְּאַוָּתִ֖יbeavatipreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: at desire my
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.