Hebrew Study
Strong’s Concordance H183
A readable Hebrew dictionary entry from Strong’s Concordance. Definitions help with word study; the meaning in a verse still depends on context.
Word study
- Source
- Strong’s Concordance
- Transliteration
- 'avah
- Pronunciation
- aw-vaw'
- Occurrences
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- Strong’s number
- H183
- Brief meaning
- To wish for
- Source renderings
- covet, (greatly) desire, be desirous, long, lust (after)
- Root word
- a primitive root
- Full definition from the source
- To wish for. Root word: a primitive root.
Source info
Source and edition
James Strong, Strong's Hebrew Bible Dictionary (1890); Bible Foundation text source; Michael Grier's 1996 ASCII e-text; CrossWire module 1.2.
View the 1890 print witnessView preserved source wording
00183\ 183 'avah aw-vaw' a primitive root; to wish for:--covet, (greatly) desire, be desirous, long, lust (after).