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 rabble who are in its midst have lusted greatly, and the sons of Israel also turn back and weep, and say, ‘Who doth give us flesh?Numbers 11:34 · הַמִּתְאַוִּֽים׃and one calleth the name of that place Kibroth-Hattaavah, for there they have buried the people who lust.Deuteronomy 5:21 · תִתְאַוֶּ֜הThou dost not desire thy neighbour’s wife; nor dost thou covet thy neighbour’s house, his field, and his man-servant, and his handmaid, his ox, and his ass, and anything which is thy neighbour’s.Deuteronomy 12:20 · תְאַוֶּ֥ה‘When Jehovah thy God doth enlarge thy border, as He hath spoken to thee, and thou hast said, Let me eat flesh—for thy soul desireth to eat flesh—of all the desire of thy soul thou dost eat flesh.Deuteronomy 14:26 · תְּאַוֶּ֨הand thou hast given the money for any thing which thy soul desireth, for oxen, and for sheep, and for wine, and for strong drink, and for any thing which thy soul asketh, and thou hast eaten there before Jehovah thy God, and thou hast rejoiced, thou and thy house.1 Samuel 2:16 · תְּאַוֶּ֖הand the man saith unto him, ‘Let them surely make a perfume (as to-day) with the fat, then take to thee as thy soul desireth;’ and he hath said to him, ‘Surely now thou dost give; and if not—I have taken by strength.’2 Samuel 3:21 · תְּאַוֶּ֖הAnd Abner saith unto David, ‘I arise, and go, and gather unto my lord the king the whole of Israel, and they make with thee a covenant, and thou hast reigned over all that thy soul desireth;’ and David sendeth away Abner, and he goeth in peace.2 Samuel 23:15 · וַיִּתְאַוֶּ֥הand David longeth and saith, ‘Who doth give me a drink of the water of the well of Beth-Lehem, which is by the gate?’1 Kings 11:37 · תְּאַוֶּ֖ה‘And thee I take, and thou hast reigned over all that thy soul desireth, and thou hast been king over Israel;1 Chronicles 11:17 · וַיִּתְאָ֥יוand David longeth, and saith, ‘Who doth give me to drink water from the well of Beth-Lehem, that is at the gate!’Job 23:13 · אִוְּתָ֣הAnd He is in one mind, And who doth turn Him back? And His soul hath desired—and He doth it.Psalm 45:11 · וְיִתְאָ֣וAnd the king doth desire thy beauty, Because he is thy lord—bow thyself to him,Psalm 106:14 · וַיִּתְאַוּ֣וּAnd they lust greatly in a wilderness, And try God in a desert.Psalm 132:13 · אִ֝וָּ֗הּFor Jehovah hath fixed on Zion, He hath desired it for a seat to Himself,Psalm 132:14 · אִוִּתִֽיהָ׃This is My rest for ever and ever, Here do I sit, for I have desired it.Proverbs 13:4 · מִתְאַוָּ֣הThe soul of the slothful is desiring, and hath not. And the soul of the diligent is made fat.Proverbs 21:10 · אִוְּתָה־The soul of the wicked hath desired evil, Not gracious in his eyes is his neighbour.Proverbs 21:26 · הִתְאַוָּ֣הAll the day desiring he hath desired, And the righteous giveth and withholdeth not.Proverbs 23:3 · תִּ֭תְאָיוHave no desire to his dainties, seeing it is lying food.Proverbs 23:6 · תִּ֝תְאָ֗יוEat not the bread of an evil eye, And have no desire to his dainties,Proverbs 24:1 · תִּ֝תְאָ֗יוBe not envious of evil men, And desire not to be with them.Ecclesiastes 6:2 · יִתְאַוֶּ֗הA man to whom God giveth wealth, and riches, and honour, and there is no lack to his soul of all that he desireth, and God giveth him not power to eat of it, but a stranger eateth it; this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.Isaiah 26:9 · אִוִּיתִ֙יךָ֙With my soul I desired Thee in the night, Also, with my spirit within me I seek Thee earnestly, For when Thy judgments are on the earth, The inhabitants of the world have learned righteousness.Jeremiah 17:16 · הִתְאַוֵּ֖יתִיAnd I hastened not from feeding after Thee, And the desperate day I have not desired, Thou—Thou hast known, The produce of my lips, before Thy face it hath been,Amos 5:18 · הַמִּתְאַוִּ֖יםHo, ye who are desiring the day of Jehovah, Why is this to you—the day of Jehovah? It is darkness, and not light,Micah 7:1 · אִוְּתָ֥הMy woe is to me, for I have been As gatherings of summer-fruit, As gleanings of harvest, There is no cluster to eat, The first-ripe fruit desired hath my soul.