Quick Definition
desire
Strong's Definition
a longing; by implication, a delight (subjectively, satisfaction, objectively, a charm)
Derivation: from H183 (אָוָה) (abbreviated);
KJV Usage: dainty, desire, [idiom] exceedingly, [idiom] greedily, lust(ing), pleasant. See also H6914 (קִבְרוֹת הַתַּאֲוָה).
TWOT Reference: 40d
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
תַּאֲוָה (ta.a.vah) — desire. 1) desire 1a) desire, wish, longings of one's heart 1a1) lust, appetite, covetousness (bad sense) 1b) thing desired, object of desire
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f · אוה · קִבְרֹות הַתַּאֲוָה
Hunger
craving, desire = process by which someone senses a physical craving for food
NUM 11:4 · PSA 78:29 · PSA 78:30 · PSA 106:14
Wish | ≈ אֲנָחָה · אֲרֶשֶׁת · תֹּוחֶלֶת · תִּקְוָה | ≠ מְגֹורָה
desire, longing = state in which humans experience a desire to see something happen or do something oneself; ◄ this desire is associated with one's heart or throat ≈ and can be both good and evil
PSA 10:3 · PSA 10:17 · PSA 21:3 · PSA 38:10 · PSA 112:10 · PRO 10:24 · PRO 11:23 · PRO 13:12 · PRO 13:19 · PRO 18:1 · PRO 19:22 · PRO 21:25 · PRO 21:26 · ISA 26:8
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
תַּאֲוָה n.f. desire thing desired
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