תַּאֲוָה taʼăvâh

Hebrew · Strong's H8378 · pronounced tah-av-aw' · used 20 times in 20 verses

Meaning

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

In the King James Version: dainty, desire, [idiom] exceedingly, [idiom] greedily, lust(ing), pleasant. See also H6914 (קִבְרוֹת הַתַּאֲוָה).

Derivation: from H183 (אָוָה) (abbreviated);

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Where it is used

Genesis 3:6 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.
Numbers 11:4 Meanwhile, the rabble among them had a strong craving for other food, and again the Israelites wept and said, “Who will feed us meat?
Job 33:20 so that he detests his bread, and his soul loathes his favorite food.
Psalms 10:3 For the wicked man boasts in the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.
Psalms 10:17 You have heard, O LORD, the desire of the humble; You will strengthen their hearts. You will incline Your ear,
Psalms 21:2 You have granted his heart’s desire and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah
Psalms 38:9 O Lord, my every desire is before You; my groaning is not hidden from You.
Psalms 78:29 So they ate and were well filled, for He gave them what they craved.
Psalms 78:30 Yet before they had filled their desire, with the food still in their mouths,
Psalms 106:14 They craved intensely in the wilderness and tested God in the desert.
Psalms 112:10 The wicked man will see and be grieved; he will gnash his teeth and waste away; the desires of the wicked will perish.
Proverbs 10:24 What the wicked man dreads will overtake him, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.
Proverbs 11:23 The desire of the righteous leads only to good, but the hope of the wicked brings wrath.
Proverbs 13:12 Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
Proverbs 13:19 Desire fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but turning from evil is detestable to fools.
Proverbs 18:1 He who isolates himself pursues selfish desires; he rebels against all sound judgment.
Proverbs 19:22 The desire of a man is loving devotion; better to be poor than a liar.
Proverbs 21:25 The craving of the slacker kills him because his hands refuse to work.
Proverbs 21:26 All day long he covets more, but the righteous give without restraint.
Isaiah 26:8 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.