'avah

aw-vaw'
Parts of Speech Verb

'avah Definition

NAS Word Usage - Total: 27
  1. desire, incline, covet, wait longingly, wish, sigh, want, be greedy, prefer
    1. (Piel) to desire, crave (food and drink)
    2. (Hithpael) to desire, long for, lust after (of bodily appetites)
Audio Pronunciation
Original Language
hwa
Origin
a primitive root
Strong's Number
183
TDNT Entry
TWOT - 40

NAS Word Usage

been greedy
1
crave
1
craved
1
craves
1
craving
1
desire
8
desired
2
desires
5
desires*
1
had
1
had a craving
2
longed
1
longing
1
longs
1
Total
27

The Hebrew lexicon is Brown, Driver, Briggs, Gesenius Lexicon; this is keyed to the "Theological Word Book of the Old Testament." These files are considered public domain.

Brown, Driver, Briggs and Gesenius. "Hebrew Lexicon entry for 'avah". "The NAS Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon". . .