הַוָּה
havvâh · hav-vaw'
by implication, of falling); desire; also ruin
Lexicon
Derivation: from H1933 (הָוָא) (in the sense of eagerly coveting and rushing upon;
by implication, of falling); desire; also ruin
- by implication, of falling)
- desire
- also, ruin
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: calamity, iniquity, mischief, mischievous (thing), naughtiness, naughty, noisome, perverse thing, substance, very wickedness.
Letters
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to reveal, behold › to fasten and establish › to reveal, behold
To reveal, behold that works to fasten and establish that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of הַוָּה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
16 occurrences · 16 OT · 0 NT · 13 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and my calamity1 · 6%
- perverse things1 · 6%
- my calamity1 · 6%
- part is very wickedness1 · 6%
- mischievous things1 · 6%
- mischiefs1 · 6%
- himself in his wickedness1 · 6%
- wickedness1 · 6%
- until these calamities1 · 6%
- and from the noisome1 · 6%
- of iniquity1 · 6%
- the substance1 · 6%
- in their own naughtiness1 · 6%
- to a naughty1 · 6%
- is the calamity1 · 6%
- his mischievous1 · 6%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.