Lexicon taavah: a desire Original Word: תַּאֲוָהPart of Speech: Noun Feminine Transliteration: taavah Phonetic Spelling: (tah-av-aw') Short Definition: desire NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom the same as avahDefinitiona desire NASB Translationdelight (1), desire (14), desires* (1), favorite (1), greedy (1), intensely (1), what is desirable (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs תַּאֲוָה noun feminine desire — absolute Genesis 3:6 +; construct תַּאֲוַת Psalm 10:3 + etc.; — desire, wish Proverbs 13:12,19; Proverbs 18:1; of physical appetite, longing for dainty food מַאֲכַל ׳ת Job 33:20; distinctly good sense Psalm 10:17; Psalm 38:10; Proverbs 11:23; Proverbs 19:22 (? compare below) Isaiah 26:8 ( נָֿ֑פֶשׁ׳לְשִׁמְךָ וּלְזִכְרְךָ ת); bad sense, lust, appetite, covetousness Psalm 10:3 ( ׳ת נַפְשׁוֺ) Psalm 112:10; Proverbs 21:25,26 (as accusative of cognate meaning); particularly of longing for dainties of Egypt Numbers 11:4; Psalm 106:14 (both accusative of cognate meaning) Psalm 78:30 & in proper name given to place where it occurred קִבְרוֺת הַתַּאֲוָה (q. v.) Numbers 11:34,35; Numbers 33:16,17; Deuteronomy 9:22. 2 thing desired, in good sense Proverbs 10:24; bad sense Psalm 78:29 so לִבּוֺ ׳ת Psalm 21:3; thing desirable (to senses) Genesis 3:6 (לְעֵינַיִם ׳ת); perhaps also Proverbs 19:22 the ornament of a man is his kindness (Ra Ki, etc. but compare above)
Strong's dainty, desire, exceedingly, greedily, lusting, pleasant From 'avah (abbreviated); a longing; by implication, a delight (subjectively, satisfaction, objectively, a charm) -- dainty, desire, X exceedingly, X greedily, lust(ing), pleasant. See also Qibrowth hat-Ta'a-vah. see HEBREW 'avah see HEBREW Qibrowth hat-Ta'a-vah |
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