8378. taavah
Strong's Concordance
taavah: a desire
Original Word: תַּאֲוָה
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: taavah
Phonetic Spelling: (tah-av-aw')
Definition: a desire
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from the same as avah
Definition
a desire
NASB Translation
delight (1), desire (14), desires* (1), favorite (1), greedy (1), intensely (1), what is desirable (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
תַּאֲוָה noun feminine desire — absolute Genesis 3:6 +; construct תַּאֲוַת Psalm 10:3 + etc.; — desire, wish Proverbs 13:12,19; Proverbs 18:1; of physical appetite, longing for dainty food מַאֲכַל ׳ת Job 33:20; distinctly good sense Psalm 10:17; Psalm 38:10; Proverbs 11:23; Proverbs 19:22 (? compare below) Isaiah 26:8 (נָֿ֑פֶשׁ׳לְשִׁמְךָ וּלְזִכְרְךָ ת); bad sense, lust, appetite, covetousness Psalm 10:3 (׳ת נַפְשׁוֺ) Psalm 112:10; Proverbs 21:25,26 (as accusative of cognate meaning); particularly of longing for dainties of Egypt Numbers 11:4; Psalm 106:14 (both accusative of cognate meaning) Psalm 78:30 & in

proper name given to place where it occurred קִבְרוֺת הַתַּאֲוָה (q. v.) Numbers 11:34,35; Numbers 33:16,17; Deuteronomy 9:22.

2 thing desired, in good sense Proverbs 10:24; bad sense Psalm 78:29 so לִבּוֺ ׳ת Psalm 21:3; thing desirable (to senses) Genesis 3:6 (לְעֵינַיִם ׳ת); perhaps also Proverbs 19:22 the ornament of a man is his kindness (Ra Ki, etc. but compare above)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
dainty, desire, exceedingly, greedily, lusting, pleasant

From 'avah (abbreviated); a longing; by implication, a delight (subjectively, satisfaction, objectively, a charm) -- dainty, desire, X exceedingly, X greedily, lust(ing), pleasant. See also Qibrowth hat-Ta'a-vah.

see HEBREW 'avah

see HEBREW Qibrowth hat-Ta'a-vah

Forms and Transliterations
וְ֝תַֽאֲוָתָ֗ם וְתַאֲוַ֖ת ותאות ותאותם לְֽ֭תַאֲוָה לתאוה מִתַּאֲוָתָ֑ם מתאותם תְּאַוֶּ֖ה תַ֭אֲוָה תַּאֲוַ֖ת תַּאֲוַ֣ת תַּאֲוַ֬ת תַּאֲוַת־ תַּאֲוָ֑ה תַּאֲוָ֣ה תַּאֲוָ֥ה תַּאֲוָֽה׃ תַּאֲוָתִ֑י תַֽאֲוָה־ תַאֲוָ֑ה תאוה תאוה־ תאוה׃ תאות תאות־ תאותי lə·ṯa·’ă·wāh ləṯa’ăwāh Letaavah mit·ta·’ă·wā·ṯām mitta’ăwāṯām mittaavaTam ta’ăwāh ṯa’ăwāh ṯa’ăwāh- ta’ăwaṯ ta’ăwaṯ- ta’ăwāṯî ta·’ă·wā·ṯî ta·’ă·wāh ṯa·’ă·wāh ṯa·’ă·wāh- ta·’ă·waṯ ta·’ă·waṯ- taavah taaVat taavaTi tə’awweh tə·’aw·weh teavVeh vetaaVat vetaavaTam wə·ṯa·’ă·wā·ṯām wə·ṯa·’ă·waṯ wəṯa’ăwaṯ wəṯa’ăwāṯām
Links
Interlinear GreekInterlinear HebrewStrong's NumbersEnglishman's Greek ConcordanceEnglishman's Hebrew ConcordanceParallel Texts
Englishman's Concordance
Genesis 3:6
HEB: לְמַאֲכָ֜ל וְכִ֧י תַֽאֲוָה־ ה֣וּא לָעֵינַ֗יִם
NAS: for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes,
KJV: and that it [was] pleasant to the eyes,
INT: food for A delight and that it to the eyes

Numbers 11:4
HEB: בְּקִרְבּ֔וֹ הִתְאַוּ֖וּ תַּאֲוָ֑ה וַיָּשֻׁ֣בוּ וַיִּבְכּ֗וּ
NAS: them had greedy desires;
INT: were among had greedy again wept

1 Samuel 2:16
HEB: לְךָ֔ כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר תְּאַוֶּ֖ה נַפְשֶׁ֑ךָ וְאָמַ֥ר ׀
INT: take after dainty soul say

Job 33:20
HEB: וְ֝נַפְשׁ֗וֹ מַאֲכַ֥ל תַּאֲוָֽה׃
NAS: bread, And his soul favorite food.
KJV: bread, and his soul dainty meat.
INT: and his soul food favorite

Psalm 10:3
HEB: רָ֭שָׁע עַל־ תַּאֲוַ֣ת נַפְשׁ֑וֹ וּבֹצֵ֥עַ
NAS: of his heart's desire, And the greedy man
KJV: of his heart's desire, and blesseth
INT: the wicked and desire of his heart's and the greedy

Psalm 10:17
HEB: תַּאֲוַ֬ת עֲנָוִ֣ים שָׁמַ֣עְתָּ
NAS: You have heard the desire of the humble;
KJV: thou hast heard the desire of the humble:
INT: the desire of the humble have heard

Psalm 21:2
HEB: תַּאֲוַ֣ת לִ֭בּוֹ נָתַ֣תָּה
NAS: him his heart's desire, And You have not withheld
KJV: him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden
INT: desire his heart's have given

Psalm 38:9
HEB: נֶגְדְּךָ֥ כָל־ תַּאֲוָתִ֑י וְ֝אַנְחָתִ֗י מִמְּךָ֥
NAS: all my desire is before
KJV: Lord, all my desire [is] before thee; and my groaning
INT: is before all my desire and my sighing at

Psalm 78:29
HEB: וַיִּשְׂבְּע֣וּ מְאֹ֑ד וְ֝תַֽאֲוָתָ֗ם יָבִ֥א לָהֶֽם׃
NAS: filled, And their desire He gave
KJV: for he gave them their own desire;
INT: filled and were well and their desire gave like

Psalm 78:30
HEB: לֹא־ זָר֥וּ מִתַּאֲוָתָ֑ם ע֝֗וֹד אָכְלָ֥ם
NAS: Before they had satisfied their desire, While
KJV: They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat
INT: not had satisfied their desire While their food

Psalm 106:14
HEB: וַיִּתְאַוּ֣וּ תַ֭אֲוָה בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר וַיְנַסּוּ־
NAS: But craved intensely in the wilderness,
KJV: But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness,
INT: craved intensely the wilderness and tempted

Psalm 112:10
HEB: יַחֲרֹ֣ק וְנָמָ֑ס תַּאֲוַ֖ת רְשָׁעִ֣ים תֹּאבֵֽד׃
NAS: and melt away; The desire of the wicked
KJV: and melt away: the desire of the wicked
INT: will gnash and melt the desire of the wicked will perish

Proverbs 10:24
HEB: הִ֣יא תְבוֹאֶ֑נּוּ וְתַאֲוַ֖ת צַדִּיקִ֣ים יִתֵּֽן׃
NAS: will come upon him, But the desire of the righteous
KJV: it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous
INT: he will come the desire of the righteous will be granted

Proverbs 11:23
HEB: תַּאֲוַ֣ת צַדִּיקִ֣ים אַךְ־
NAS: The desire of the righteous is only
KJV: The desire of the righteous
INT: the desire of the righteous is only

Proverbs 13:12
HEB: וְעֵ֥ץ חַ֝יִּ֗ים תַּאֲוָ֥ה בָאָֽה׃
NAS: sick, But desire fulfilled
KJV: sick: but [when] the desire cometh,
INT: tree of life desire fulfilled

Proverbs 13:19
HEB: תַּאֲוָ֣ה נִ֭הְיָה תֶּעֱרַ֣ב
NAS: Desire realized is sweet
KJV: The desire accomplished is sweet
INT: Desire realized is sweet

Proverbs 18:1
HEB: לְֽ֭תַאֲוָה יְבַקֵּ֣שׁ נִפְרָ֑ד
NAS: himself seeks [his own] desire, He quarrels
KJV: Through desire a man, having separated
INT: desire seeks separates

Proverbs 19:22
HEB: תַּאֲוַ֣ת אָדָ֣ם חַסְדּ֑וֹ
NAS: What is desirable in a man
KJV: The desire of a man [is] his kindness:
INT: What A man is his kindness

Proverbs 21:25
HEB: תַּאֲוַ֣ת עָצֵ֣ל תְּמִיתֶ֑נּוּ
NAS: The desire of the sluggard
KJV: The desire of the slothful killeth
INT: the desire of the sluggard puts

Proverbs 21:26
HEB: הַ֭יּוֹם הִתְאַוָּ֣ה תַאֲוָ֑ה וְצַדִּ֥יק יִ֝תֵּ֗ן
KJV: He coveteth greedily all the day
INT: day is craving greedily the righteous gives

Isaiah 26:8
HEB: לְשִׁמְךָ֥ וּֽלְזִכְרְךָ֖ תַּאֲוַת־ נָֽפֶשׁ׃
NAS: even Your memory, is the desire of [our] souls.
KJV: have we waited for thee; the desire of [our] soul
INT: your name your memory is the desire of souls

21 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 8378
21 Occurrences


lə·ṯa·’ă·wāh — 1 Occ.
mit·ta·’ă·wā·ṯām — 1 Occ.
ṯa·’ă·wāh- — 7 Occ.
ta·’ă·waṯ — 8 Occ.
ta·’ă·wā·ṯî — 1 Occ.
tə·’aw·weh — 1 Occ.
wə·ṯa·’ă·waṯ — 1 Occ.
wə·ṯa·’ă·wā·ṯām — 1 Occ.








8377
Top of Page
Top of Page