אָוָה
a.vah
to desire
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Occurrences in Scripture
26 total occurrences across the text
The mixed multitude that was among them lusted exceedingly; and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, “Who will give us meat to eat?
Numbers 11:34The name of that place was called Kibroth Hattaavah, because there they buried the people who lusted.
Deuteronomy 5:21“You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife. Neither shall you desire your neighbor’s house, his field, or his male servant, or his female servant, his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.”
Deuteronomy 12:20When Yahweh your God enlarges your border, as he has promised you, and you say, “I want to eat meat,” because your soul desires to eat meat, you may eat meat, after all the desire of your soul.
Deuteronomy 14:26You shall trade the money for whatever your soul desires: for cattle, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatever your soul asks of you. You shall eat there before Yahweh your God, and you shall rejoice, you and your household.
1 Samuel 2:16If the man said to him, “Let the fat be burned first, and then take as much as your soul desires;” then he would say, “No, but you shall give it to me now; and if not, I will take it by force.”
2 Samuel 3:21Abner said to David, “I will arise and go, and will gather all Israel to my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may reign over all that your soul desires.” David sent Abner away; and he went in peace.
2 Samuel 23:15David longed, and said, “Oh that someone would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!”
1 Kings 11:37I will take you, and you shall reign according to all that your soul desires, and shall be king over Israel.
1 Chronicles 11:17David longed, and said, “Oh that one would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!”
Job 23:13But he stands alone, and who can oppose him? What his soul desires, even that he does.
Psalms 45:11So the king will desire your beauty, honor him, for he is your lord.
Psalms 106:14but gave in to craving in the desert, and tested God in the wasteland.
Psalms 132:13For Yahweh has chosen Zion. He has desired it for his habitation.
Psalms 132:14“This is my resting place forever. I will live here, for I have desired it.
Proverbs 13:4The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.
Proverbs 21:10The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes.
Proverbs 21:26There are those who covet greedily all day long; but the righteous give and don’t withhold.
Proverbs 23:3Don’t be desirous of his dainties, since they are deceitful food.
Proverbs 23:6Don’t eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, and don’t crave his delicacies:
Proverbs 24:1Don’t be envious of evil men, neither desire to be with them;
Ecclesiastes 6:2a man to whom God gives riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing for his soul of all that he desires, yet God gives him no power to eat of it, but an alien eats it. This is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
Isaiah 26:9With my soul I have desired you in the night. Yes, with my spirit within me I will seek you earnestly; for when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
Jeremiah 17:16As for me, I have not hurried from being a shepherd after you. I haven’t desired the woeful day. You know. That which came out of my lips was before your face.
Amos 5:18“Woe to you who desire the day of Yahweh! Why do you long for the day of Yahweh? It is darkness, and not light.
Micah 7:1Misery is mine! Indeed, I am like one who gathers the summer fruits, as gleanings of the vineyard: There is no cluster of grapes to eat. My soul desires to eat the early fig.