תַּאֲוָהtaʼăvâh

desire

Pronunciation: tah-av-aw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8378

Meanings

1. desire, wish, bad sense, lust, appetite, covetousness, in proper name given to place where it occurred (Proverbs 13:12; Proverbs 13:19; Proverbs 18:1)

2. thing desired (Proverbs 10:24; Psalms 78:29; Psalms 21:3)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 20 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 3:6 The woman was convinced. She saw that the tree was beautiful and its fruit looked delicious, and she wanted the wisdom it would give her. So she took some of the fruit and ate it. Then she gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it, too.
  • Numbers 11:4 Then the foreign rabble who were traveling with the Israelites began to crave the good things of Egypt. And the people of Israel also began to complain. “Oh, for some meat!” they exclaimed.
  • Job 33:20 They lose their appetite for even the most delicious food.
  • Psalms 10:3 For they brag about their evil desires; they praise the greedy and curse the Lord.
  • Psalms 10:17 Lord, you know the hopes of the helpless. Surely you will hear their cries and comfort them.
  • Psalms 21:2 For you have given him his heart’s desire; you have withheld nothing he requested. Interlude
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).