Word Study · Strong's H8669 · Hebrew
תְּשׁוּקָה
teshuqah
tesh-oo-kaw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: tᵉshûwqâh
“a longing”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a longing
Rendered in the KJV as
desire.
- 3occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 3 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- תְּשׁ֣וּקָת֔וֹ1
- תְּשׁוּקָתֽוֹ׃ ס1
- תְּשׁ֣וּקָתֵ֔ךְ1
How it is rendered · 3
- desire his1
- desire its1
- desire your1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcfsc/Sp3ms · 2
- HNcfsc/Sp2fs · 1
All 3, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Genesis carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis2 occurrences
- Genesis 3:16תְּשׁ֣וּקָתֵ֔ךְteshukatekhnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singularTo 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.”here: desire your
- Genesis 4:7תְּשׁ֣וּקָת֔וֹteshukatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularIf 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.”here: desire its