תַּאֲוָה
taʼăvâh · tah-av-aw'
a longing; by implication, a delight (subjectively, satisfaction, objectively, a charm)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H183 (אָוָה) (abbreviated);
a longing; by implication, a delight (subjectively, satisfaction, objectively, a charm)
- a longing
- by implication, a delight (subjectively, satisfaction, objectively, a charm)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: dainty, desire, [idiom] exceedingly, [idiom] greedily, lust(ing), pleasant. See also H6914 (קִבְרוֹת הַתַּאֲוָה).
Letters
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- 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)
the mark, the covenant sign › strength, the leader › to fasten and establish › to reveal, behold
The mark, the covenant sign of strength, the leader that works to fasten and establish that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of תַּאֲוָה 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
20 occurrences · 20 OT · 0 NT · 16 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the desire6 · 30%
- desire2 · 10%
- was pleasant1 · 5%
- them fell a lusting1 · 5%
- dainty1 · 5%
- all my desire1 · 5%
- them their own desire1 · 5%
- from their lust1 · 5%
- exceedingly1 · 5%
- upon him: but the desire1 · 5%
- but when the desire1 · 5%
- through desire1 · 5%
- greedily1 · 5%
- for thee; the desire1 · 5%
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.