H185 - אַוָּה (ʼavvâh)

H185 אַוָּה (ʼavvâh) av-vaw'

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

from 183; longing

KJV Usage: desire, lust after, pleasure

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

אַוָּה (av.vah) — desire. desire, lust, will (not necessarily evil)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

אַוָּה (H0185)

noun f · אוה

Desire

desire, craving, lust = state in which one senses a physical desire for food or sex; ◄ this desire is associated with one's נֶפֶשׁ ≈ and can be both good and evil

DEU 12:15 · DEU 12:20 · DEU 12:21 · JER 2:24

Wish

desire, longing = state in which one experiences a desire to see something happen or to do something oneself; ◄ this desire is associated with one's נֶפֶשׁ ≈ and can be both good and evil

DEU 18:6 · 1SA 23:20 · HOS 10:10

¹ HOS 10:10 MT HOTTP-B NIV NJPS | LXX RSV NJB NRSV REB GNT באתי = בוא "I come"

Reinier de Blois

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[אַוָּה] n.f. desire base