Quick Definition
desire
Strong's Definition
by implication, of falling); desire; also ruin
Derivation: from H1933 (הָוָא) (in the sense of eagerly coveting and rushing upon;
KJV Usage: calamity, iniquity, mischief, mischievous (thing), naughtiness, naughty, noisome, perverse thing, substance, very wickedness.
TWOT Reference: 483a
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) desire
1a) desire (in bad sense)
2) chasm (fig. of destruction)
2a) engulfing ruin, destruction, calamity
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
1) desire
1a) desire (in bad sense)
2) chasm (fig. of destruction)
2a) engulfing ruin, destruction, calamity
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
הַוָּה
havvâh
BDB Definition:
1) desire
1a) desire (in bad sense)
2) chasm (figuratively of destruction)
2a) engulfing ruin, destruction, calamity
Part of Speech: noun feminine
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H1933
Same Word by TWOT Number: 483a
Total KJV Occurrences: 17