{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H183",
  "lemma": "אָוָה",
  "transliteration": "ʼâvâh",
  "definition": "to wish for",
  "kjv": "covet, (greatly) desire, be desirous, long, lust (after).",
  "occurrences": 25,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "[אָוָה] vb. incline, desire",
    "Pi. desire",
    "Hithp. desire, long for, lust after"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 11:4",
      "text": "The mixed multitude that was among them lusted exceedingly; and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, “Who…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/11?v=4"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 11:34",
      "text": "The name of that place was called Kibroth Hattaavah, because there they buried the people who lusted.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/11?v=34"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 5:21",
      "text": "“You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife. Neither shall you desire your neighbor’s house, his field, or his male…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/5?v=21"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 12:20",
      "text": "When the LORD your God enlarges your border, as he has promised you, and you say, “I want to eat meat,” because your…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/12?v=20"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 14:26",
      "text": "You shall trade the money for whatever your soul desires: for cattle, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/14?v=26"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 3:21",
      "text": "Abner said to David, “I will arise and go, and will gather all Israel to my lord the king, that they may make a…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/3?v=21"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 23:15",
      "text": "David said longingly, “Oh that someone would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/23?v=15"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Kings 11:37",
      "text": "I will take you, and you shall reign according to all that your soul desires, and shall be king over Israel.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/11?v=37"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 26:9",
      "text": "With my soul I have desired you in the night. Yes, with my spirit within me I will seek you earnestly; for when your…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/26?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Jeremiah 17:16",
      "text": "As for me, I have not hurried from being a shepherd after you. I haven’t desired the woeful day. You know. That which…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/17?v=16"
    }
  ],
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