Strong’s H8378 · Hebrew
תַּאֲוָה
taʼăvâh · tah-av-aw'
Origin from אָוָה (H183) (abbreviated);
Meaning a longing; by implication, a delight (subjectively, satisfaction, objectively, a charm)
In the King James Version dainty, desire, [idiom] exceedingly, [idiom] greedily, lust(ing), pleasant. See also קִבְרוֹת הַתַּאֲוָה (H6914).
In 19 verses of the King James Version
- Genesis 3:6And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
- Job 33:20So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.
- Psalms 10:3For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
- Psalms 10:17LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
- Psalms 21:2Thou hast given him his heart’s desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.
- Psalms 38:9Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.
- Psalms 78:29So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire;
- Psalms 78:30They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths,
- Psalms 106:14But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.
- Psalms 112:10The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.
- Proverbs 10:24The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.
- Proverbs 11:23The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
- Proverbs 13:12Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
- Proverbs 13:19The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil.
- Proverbs 18:1Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.
- Proverbs 19:22The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.
- Proverbs 21:25The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.
- Proverbs 21:26He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.
- Isaiah 26:8Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.
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.