TBESH · H8378
תַּאֲוָה · ta.a.vah · desire
1) desire 1a) desire, wish, longings of one's heart 1a1) lust, appetite, covetousness (bad sense) 1b) thing desired, object of desire
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ta.a.vah H8378
תַּאֲוָה (ta.a.vah) means “desire” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
תַּאֲוָה Hebrew · H8378 20 tagged occurrences in 20 verses
Pronunciation guide: tah-av-aw' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
from H183 (אָוָה) (abbreviated); a longing; by implication, a delight (subjectively, satisfaction, objectively, a charm)
KJV glosses: dainty, desire, [idiom] exceedingly, [idiom] greedily, lust(ing), pleasant. See also H6914 (קִבְרוֹת הַתַּאֲוָה).
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How translators render H8378
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| the desire | 3 |
| desire | 2 |
| and the bounty | 1 |
| are the desire | 1 |
| but desire | 1 |
| but the desire | 1 |
| intensely | 1 |
| loathes his favorite | 1 |
| more | 1 |
| pleasing | 1 |
| selfish desires | 1 |
| the craving | 1 |
| the cravings | 1 |
| the desires | 1 |
| their desire | 1 |
| what they craved | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| the desire | 7 |
| desire | 2 |
| all my desire | 1 |
| dainty | 1 |
| exceedingly | 1 |
| for thee the desire | 1 |
| from their lust | 1 |
| greedily | 1 |
| pleasant | 1 |
| them fell a lusting | 1 |
| them their own desire | 1 |
| through desire | 1 |
| upon him but the desire | 1 |
Verses containing H8378
Page 1 of 1. 20 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
- Genesis 3:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.
Read word by word - Numbers 11:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Meanwhile, the rabble among them had a strong craving for other food, and again the Israelites wept and said, “Who will feed us meat?
Read word by word - Job 33:20
· BSB · 1 occurrence
so that he detests his bread, and his soul loathes his favorite food.
Read word by word - Psalms 10:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For the wicked man boasts in the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.
Read word by word - Psalms 10:17
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You have heard, O LORD, the desire of the humble; You will strengthen their hearts. You will incline Your ear,
Read word by word - Psalms 21:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You have granted his heart’s desire and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 21.3
- Psalms 38:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
O Lord, my every desire is before You; my groaning is not hidden from You.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 38.10
- Psalms 78:29
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So they ate and were well filled, for He gave them what they craved.
Read word by word - Psalms 78:30
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Yet before they had filled their desire, with the food still in their mouths,
Read word by word - Psalms 106:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
They craved intensely in the wilderness and tested God in the desert.
Read word by word - Psalms 112:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The wicked man will see and be grieved; he will gnash his teeth and waste away; the desires of the wicked will perish.
Read word by word - Proverbs 10:24
· BSB · 1 occurrence
What the wicked man dreads will overtake him, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.
Read word by word - Proverbs 11:23
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The desire of the righteous leads only to good, but the hope of the wicked brings wrath.
Read word by word - Proverbs 13:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
Read word by word - Proverbs 13:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Desire fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but turning from evil is detestable to fools.
Read word by word - Proverbs 18:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He who isolates himself pursues selfish desires; he rebels against all sound judgment.
Read word by word - Proverbs 19:22
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The desire of a man is loving devotion; better to be poor than a liar.
Read word by word - Proverbs 21:25
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The craving of the slacker kills him because his hands refuse to work.
Read word by word - Proverbs 21:26
· BSB · 1 occurrence
All day long he covets more, but the righteous give without restraint.
Read word by word - Isaiah 26:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Yes, we wait for You, O LORD; we walk in the path of Your judgments. Your name and renown are the desire of our souls.
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