Taavah תַּאֲוָה
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| תַּאֲוָה | |
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| Transliteration | taavah |
| Strong's number | H8378 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | desire |
| Occurrences | 20 in 20 verses |
| Most frequent in | Psalms (8) |
Taavah (Hebrew תַּאֲוָה, Strong's H8378) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “desire”. It occurs 20 times in 20 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) desire
1a) desire, wish, longings of one's heart
1a1) lust, appetite, covetousness (bad sense)
1b) thing desired, object of desire
1a) desire, wish, longings of one's heart
1a1) lust, appetite, covetousness (bad sense)
1b) thing desired, object of desire
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | desire (14), pleasant (1), dainty (1), lust (1), exceedingly (1), greedily (1) |
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| BSB | desire (7), pleasing (1), bounty (1), his favorite (1), cravings (1), what they craved (1), their desire (1), intensely (1), desires (1), selfish desires (1), craving (1), more (1), and 1 other rendering |
Verses
Every verse with Taavah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 3:6And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.
Numbers
- Numbers 11:4And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?Meanwhile, the rabble among them had a strong craving for other food, and again the Israelites wept and said, “Who will feed us meat?
Job
- Job 33:20So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.so that he detests his bread, and his soul loathes his favorite food.
Psalms
- Psalm 10:3For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.For the wicked man boasts in the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.
- Psalm 10:17LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:You have heard, O LORD, the desire of the humble; You will strengthen their hearts. You will incline Your ear,
- Psalm 21:2Thou hast given him his heart’s desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.You have granted his heart’s desire and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah
- Psalm 38:9Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.O Lord, my every desire is before You; my groaning is not hidden from You.
- Psalm 78:29So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire;So they ate and were well filled, for He gave them what they craved.
- Psalm 78:30They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths,Yet before they had filled their desire, with the food still in their mouths,
- Psalm 106:14But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.They craved intensely in the wilderness and tested God in the desert.
- Psalm 112:10The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.The wicked man will see and be grieved; he will gnash his teeth and waste away; the desires of the wicked will perish.
Proverbs
- Proverbs 10:24The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.What the wicked man dreads will overtake him, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.
- Proverbs 11:23The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.The desire of the righteous leads only to good, but the hope of the wicked brings wrath.
- Proverbs 13:12Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
- Proverbs 13:19The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil.Desire fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but turning from evil is detestable to fools.
- Proverbs 18:1Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.He who isolates himself pursues selfish desires; he rebels against all sound judgment.
- Proverbs 19:22The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.The desire of a man is loving devotion; better to be poor than a liar.
- Proverbs 21:25The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.The craving of the slacker kills him because his hands refuse to work.
- Proverbs 21:26He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.All day long he covets more, but the righteous give without restraint.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 26:8Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Lord, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.Yes, we wait for You, O LORD; we walk in the path of Your judgments. Your name and renown are the desire of our souls.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).