Teshuqah תְּשׁוּקָה
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| תְּשׁוּקָה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | teshuqah |
| Strong's number | H8669 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | desire |
| Occurrences | 3 in 3 verses |
| Most frequent in | Genesis (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
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
| KJV | desire (3) |
|---|---|
| BSB | your 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
- Genesis 3:16Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.To the woman He said: “I will sharply increase your pain in childbirth; in pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”
- Genesis 4:7If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you refuse to do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires you, but you must master it.”
Song of Solomon
- Song of Solomon 7:10I am my beloved’s, and his desire is toward me.I belong to my beloved, and his desire is for me.
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).