King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H185
Transliteration: avvah
Phonetic Spelling: (av-vaw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: desire
Meaning: longing
Word Summary
avvah: desire
Original Word: אַוָּהTransliteration: avvah
Phonetic Spelling: (av-vaw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: desire
Meaning: longing
Strong's Concordance
desire, lust after, pleasure From 'avah; longing -- desire, lust after, pleasure.
see HEBREW 'avah
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H185. avvah
[אַוָּה] noun feminine desire — construct אַוַּת Deuteronomy 12:15 5t.; suffix אַוָּתִי Hosea 10:10 — desire, will, usually followed by נֶפֶשׁ; of natural human desire (morally indifferent), for meat Deuteronomy 12:15, 20, 21; of longing for sanctuary 18:6; of royal good pleasure 1 Samuel 23:20; without נֶפֶשׁ, of wild-ass Jeremiah 2:24; of divine will Hosea 10:10.