1) desire, incline, covet, wait longingly, wish, sigh, want, be greedy, prefer 1a) (Piel) to desire, crave (food and drink) 1b) (Hithpael) to desire, long for, lust after (of bodily appetites)
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H183 — אָוָה
a.vah · to desire · Hebrew/Aramaic
26 tagged verse occurrences
Numbers 11:4 · הִתְאַוּ֖וּAnd the mixed multitude that was among them lusted exceedingly: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?Numbers 11:34 · הַמִּתְאַוִּֽים׃And the name of that place was called Kibrothhattaavah, because there they buried the people that lusted.Deuteronomy 5:21 · תִתְאַוֶּ֜הNeither shalt thou covet thy neighbor’s wife; neither shalt thou desire thy neighbor’s house, his field, or his man-servant, or his maid-servant, his ox, or his ass, or anything that is thy neighbor’s.Deuteronomy 12:20 · תְאַוֶּ֥הWhen Jehovah thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul desireth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, after all the desire of thy soul.Deuteronomy 14:26 · תְּאַוֶּ֨הand thou shalt bestow the money for whatsoever thy soul desireth, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul asketh of thee; and thou shalt eat there before Jehovah thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou and thy household.1 Samuel 2:16 · תְּאַוֶּ֖הAnd if the man said unto him, They will surely burn the fat first, and then take as much as thy soul desireth; then he would say, Nay, but thou shalt give it me now: and if not, I will take it by force.2 Samuel 3:21 · תְּאַוֶּ֖הAnd Abner said unto David, I will arise and go, and will gather all Israel unto my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with thee, and that thou mayest reign over all that thy soul desireth. And David sent Abner away; and he went in peace.2 Samuel 23:15 · וַיִּתְאַוֶּ֥הAnd David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me water to drink of the well of Beth-lehem, which is by the gate!1 Kings 11:37 · תְּאַוֶּ֖הAnd I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel.1 Chronicles 11:17 · וַיִּתְאָ֥יוAnd David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me water to drink of the well of Beth-lehem, which is by the gate!Job 23:13 · אִוְּתָ֣הBut he is in one mind, and who can turn him? And what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.Psalm 45:11 · וְיִתְאָ֣וSo will the king desire thy beauty; For he is thy lord; and reverence thou him.Psalm 106:14 · וַיִּתְאַוּ֣וּBut lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, And tempted God in the desert.Psalm 132:13 · אִ֝וָּ֗הּFor Jehovah hath chosen Zion; He hath desired it for his habitation.Psalm 132:14 · אִוִּתִֽיהָ׃This is my resting-place for ever: Here will I dwell; for I have desired it.Proverbs 13:4 · מִתְאַוָּ֣הThe soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.Proverbs 21:10 · אִוְּתָה־The soul of the wicked desireth evil: His neighbor findeth no favor in his eyes.Proverbs 21:26 · הִתְאַוָּ֣הThere is that coveteth greedily all the day long; But the righteous giveth and withholdeth not.Proverbs 23:3 · תִּ֭תְאָיוBe not desirous of his dainties; Seeing they are deceitful food.Proverbs 23:6 · תִּ֝תְאָ֗יוEat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, Neither desire thou his dainties:Proverbs 24:1 · תִּ֝תְאָ֗יוBe not thou envious against evil men; Neither desire to be with them:Ecclesiastes 6:2 · יִתְאַוֶּ֗הa man to whom God giveth riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacketh nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but an alien eateth it; this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.Isaiah 26:9 · אִוִּיתִ֙יךָ֙With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee earnestly: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.Jeremiah 17:16 · הִתְאַוֵּ֖יתִיAs for me, I have not hastened from being a shepherd after thee; neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was before thy face.Amos 5:18 · הַמִּתְאַוִּ֖יםWoe unto you that desire the day of Jehovah! Wherefore would ye have the day of Jehovah? It is darkness, and not light.Micah 7:1 · אִוְּתָ֥הWoe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grape gleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat; my soul desireth the first-ripe fig.