# H185 אַוָּה

אַוָּה (ʼavvâh), Strong’s H185: longing KJV: desire, lust after, pleasure.. Occurs 7 times.

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*ʼavvâh* — longing

KJV: desire, lust after, pleasure.

Derived from [אָוָה ʼâvâh](https://besorah.bible/word/H183) (to wish f)

Occurs 7 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [אַוָּה] n.f. desire

## Where it occurs
- [Deuteronomy 12:15](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/12?v=15) — Yet you may kill and eat meat within all your gates, after all the desire of your soul, according to the LORD your…
- [Deuteronomy 12:20](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/12?v=20) — When the LORD your God enlarges your border, as he has promised you, and you say, “I want to eat meat,” because your…
- [Deuteronomy 12:21](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/12?v=21) — If the place which the LORD your God shall choose to put his name is too far from you, then you shall kill of your herd…
- [Deuteronomy 18:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/18?v=6) — If a Levite comes from any of your gates out of all Israel where he lives, and comes with all the desire of his soul to…
- [1 Samuel 23:20](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/23?v=20) — Now therefore, O king, come down. According to all the desire of your soul to come down; and our part will be to…
- [Jeremiah 2:24](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/2?v=24) — a wild donkey used to the wilderness, that sniffs the wind in her craving. When she is in heat, who can turn her away?…
- [Hosea 10:10](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/hosea/10?v=10) — When it is my desire, I will chastise them; and the nations will be gathered against them when they are bound to their…