Taʼăvâh — H8378

Definition

feminine noun

a longing; by implication, a delight (subjectively, satisfaction, objectively, a charm)

1. desire
1. desire, wish, longings of one's heart
1. lust, appetite, covetousness (bad sense)
2. thing desired, object of desire

Usually translated as

desire, dainty, exceedingly, greedily, lust, pleasant

Origin

from H183 (abbreviated)

• Derived from ʼâvâh (H183)

Greek equivalents

• arestós (G701)
• epithymía (G1939)
• eulogía (G2129)
• karpós (G2590)

Occurrences

Taʼăvâh occurs 20 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), Numbers (1), Job (1), Psalms (8), Proverbs (8), Isaiah (1)

• Genesis 3:6 — And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant (תַֽאֲוָה) 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.
• Numbers 11:4 — And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting (תַּאֲוָ֑ה): and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?
• Job 33:20 — So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty (תַּאֲוָֽה) meat.
• Psalms 10:3 — For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire (תַּאֲוַ֣ת), and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
• Psalms 10:17 — LORD, thou hast heard the desire (תַּאֲוַ֬ת) of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
• Psalms 21:2 — Thou hast given him his heart’s desire (תַּאֲוַ֣ת), and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.
• Psalms 38:9 — Lord, all my desire (תַּאֲוָתִ֑י) is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.
• Psalms 78:29 — So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire (וְ֝תַֽאֲוָתָ֗ם);
• Psalms 78:30 — They were not estranged from their lust (מִתַּאֲוָתָ֑ם). But while their meat was yet in their mouths,
• Psalms 106:14 — But lusted exceedingly (תַ֭אֲוָה) in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.
• Psalms 112:10 — The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire (תַּאֲוַ֖ת) of the wicked shall perish.
• Proverbs 10:24 — The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire (וְתַאֲוַ֖ת) of the righteous shall be granted.
• Proverbs 11:23 — The desire (תַּאֲוַ֣ת) of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
• Proverbs 13:12 — Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire (תַּאֲוָ֥ה) cometh, it is a tree of life.
• Proverbs 13:19 — The desire (תַּאֲוָ֣ה) accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil.
• Proverbs 18:1 — Through desire (לְֽ֭תַאֲוָה) a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.
• Proverbs 19:22 — The desire (תַּאֲוַ֣ת) of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.
• Proverbs 21:25 — The desire (תַּאֲוַ֣ת) of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.
• Proverbs 21:26 — He coveteth greedily (תַאֲוָ֑ה) all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.
• Isaiah 26:8 — Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire (תַּאֲוַת) of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.