Quick Definition
longing
Strong's Definition
desire
Derivation: from H8374 (תָּאַב) (compare H15 (אָבֶה));
KJV Usage: longing.
TWOT Reference: 2485a
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) longing
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
תַּאֲבָה (ta.a.vah) — longing. longing
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f · תאב
Wish
longing, desire = process by which someone experiences a desire to know or do something, or for something to happen; ≈ only used in connection with God
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
תַּאֲבָה n.f. longing;—ψ 119:20. done