Strong’s H183 · Hebrew
אָוָה
ʼâvâh · aw-vaw'
Origin a primitive root;
Meaning to wish for
In the King James Version covet, (greatly) desire, be desirous, long, lust (after).
In 26 verses of the King James Version
- 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?
- Numbers 11:34And he called the name of that place Kibrothhattaavah: because there they buried the people that lusted.
- Deuteronomy 5:21Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour’s wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour’s house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour’s.
- Deuteronomy 12:20When the LORD thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.
- Deuteronomy 14:26And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household,
- 1 Samuel 2:16And if any man said unto him, Let them not fail to burn the fat presently, and then take as much as thy soul desireth; then he would answer him, Nay; but thou shalt give it me now: and if not, I will take it by force.
- 2 Samuel 3:21And Abner said unto David, I will arise and go, and will gather all Israel unto my lord the king, that they may make a league with thee, and that thou mayest reign over all that thine heart desireth. And David sent Abner away; and he went in peace.
- 2 Samuel 23:15And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!
- 1 Kings 11:37And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel.
- 1 Chronicles 11:17And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, that is at the gate!
- Job 23:13But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.
- Psalms 45:11So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him.
- Psalms 106:14But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.
- Psalms 132:13For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.
- Psalms 132:14This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.
- Proverbs 13:4The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
- Proverbs 21:10The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.
- Proverbs 21:26He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.
- Proverbs 23:3Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.
- Proverbs 23:6Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:
- Proverbs 24:1Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
- Ecclesiastes 6:2A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
- Isaiah 26:9With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
- Jeremiah 17:16As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was right before thee.
- Amos 5:18Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light.
- Micah 7:1Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grapegleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.