Occurrences
ʼavvâh occurs 7 times in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Deuteronomy (4), 1 Samuel (1), Jeremiah (1), Hosea (1)
- Deuteronomy 12:15 — Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after (אַוַּ֨ת), according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the roebuck, and as of the hart.
- Deuteronomy 12:20 — When 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 (אַוַּ֥ת).
- Deuteronomy 12:21 — If the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to put his name there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock, which the LORD hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, and thou shalt eat in thy gates whatsoever thy soul lusteth after (אַוַּ֥ת).
- Deuteronomy 18:6 — And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourned, and come with all the desire (אַוַּ֣ת) of his mind unto the place which the LORD shall choose;
- 1 Samuel 23:20 — Now therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire (אַוַּ֨ת) of thy soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him into the king’s hand.
- Jeremiah 2:24 — A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure (בְּאַוַּ֤ת); in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.
- Hosea 10:10 — It is in my desire (בְּאַוָּתִ֖י) that I should chastise them; and the people shall be gathered against them, when they shall bind themselves in their two furrows.