Teshuqah תְּשׁוּקָה

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Teshuqah
תְּשׁוּקָה
Transliterationteshuqah
Strong's numberH8669
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechfeminine noun
Glossdesire
Occurrences3 in 3 verses
Most frequent inGenesis (2)

Teshuqah (Hebrew תְּשׁוּקָה, Strong's H8669) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “desire”. It occurs 3 times in 3 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

1) desire, longing, craving
1a) of man for woman
1b) of woman for man
1c) of beast to devour

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVdesire (3)
BSByour desire (1), it desires (1), his desire (1)

Verses

Every verse with Teshuqah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

Song of Solomon

Notes

  1. 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.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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