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Lexicon :: Strong's H1942 - haûâ

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הַוָּה
Transliteration
haûâ
Pronunciation
hav-vaw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 483a

Strong’s Definitions

הַוָּה havvâh, hav-vaw'; from H1933 (in the sense of eagerly coveting and rushing upon; by implication, of falling); desire; also ruin:—calamity, iniquity, mischief, mischievous (thing), naughtiness, naughty, noisome, perverse thing, substance, very wickedness.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x

The KJV translates Strong's H1942 in the following manner: calamity (4x), wickedness (3x), perverse thing (1x), mischief (1x), noisome (1x), iniquity (1x), substance (1x), naughtiness (1x), naughty (1x), mischievous (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x
The KJV translates Strong's H1942 in the following manner: calamity (4x), wickedness (3x), perverse thing (1x), mischief (1x), noisome (1x), iniquity (1x), substance (1x), naughtiness (1x), naughty (1x), mischievous (1x).

  1. desire

    1. desire (in bad sense)

  2. chasm (fig. of destruction)

    1. engulfing ruin, destruction, calamity

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
הַוָּה havvâh, hav-vaw'; from H1933 (in the sense of eagerly coveting and rushing upon; by implication, of falling); desire; also ruin:—calamity, iniquity, mischief, mischievous (thing), naughtiness, naughty, noisome, perverse thing, substance, very wickedness.
STRONGS H1942: Abbreviations
† הַוָּה noun feminine
1. desire;
2. chasm, figurative destruction (compare هَوًى desire, هَوَأً atmosphere, emptiness, هَاوِيَةً a deep pit, hell (compare below הָוָה); Aramaic aTvfh gulf, chasm (Luke 16:26 Syriac Version)) construct הַוַּת Micah 7:3 +, suffix הַוָּתִי Job 6:2 +, plural הַוּוֺת Psalm 5:10 +; —
1. desire (in bad sense) Micah 7:3 דֹּבֵר הַוַּת נַפְשׁוֺ speaketh the desire of his soul, Proverbs 10:3 הַוַּת רְשָׁעִים, Proverbs 11:6 בֹּגְדִים ה׳, Psalm 52:9 יָעֹז בְּהַוָּתוֺ became strong through his (evil) desire (but read rather with Syriac Version Targum Lag Gr Bi Che Now ׃ בְּהוֺנוֺ || בְּעָשְׁרוֺ).
2. engulfing ruin, destruction Job 6:2; Qr Job 30:13 (compare Baer's note) הַוָּתִי of Job's great calamity; plural (intensive) הַוּוֺת, especially as wrought, or meditated, by one against another, Psalm 5:10 קִרְבָּם הַוּוֺת their inward part is engulfing ruin (Che), Psalm 38:13 דִּבְּרוּ הַוּוֺת, Psalm 52:4 תַּחֲשֹׁב ה׳ לְשׁוֺנְךָ (compare Proverbs 17:4 לְשׁוֺן הַוּוֺת), Psalm 55:12 בְּקִרְבָּהּ ה׳, Psalm 57:2עַד יַעֲבֹר ה׳ till the storm of ruin (Che) pass by, Psalm 91:3דֶּבֶר ה׳ destructive pestilence, Psalm 94:20 כִּסֵּא ה׳ the seat (tribunal) of destruction (i.e. which ruins the innocent by injustice), Proverbs 19:13 a foolish son is הַוּוֺת לְאָבָיו, Job 6:30 (compare Job 6:2 above)
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Job

6:2; 6:2; 6:2; 6:30; 30:13

Psalms

5:10; 5:10; 38:13; 52:4; 52:9; 55:12; 57:2; 91:3; 94:20

Proverbs

10:3; 11:6; 17:4; 19:13

Micah

7:3; 7:3

Luke

16:26

H1942

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1942 matches the Hebrew הַוָּה (haûâ),
which occurs 16 times in 16 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:2 - Oh that one would indeed weigh the wrath that is upon me, and take up my griefs in a balance together!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:30 - For there is no injustice in my tongue; and does not my throat meditate understanding?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:13 - My paths are ruined; for they have stripped off my raiment: he has shot at me with his weapons.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:9 - (LXX 5:10) For there is no truth in their mouth; their heart is vain; their [fn] throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:12 - (LXX 37:13) While they pressed hard upon me that sought my soul: and they that sought my hurt spoke vanities, and devised deceits all the day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:2 - (LXX 51:4) thy tongue has devised unrighteousness; like a sharpened razor thou hast wrought deceit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:7 - (LXX 51:9) Behold the man who made not God his help; but trusted in the abundance of his wealth, and strengthened himself in his vanity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:11 - (LXX 54:12) and usury and craft have not failed from its streets.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:1 - (LXX 56:1) For the end. Destroy not: by David, for a memorial, when he fled from the presence of Saul to the cave. (56:2) Have mercy, upon me, O God, have mercy upon me: for my soul has trusted in thee: and in the shadow of thy wings will I hope, until the iniquity have passed away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:3 - (LXX 90:3) For he shall deliver thee from the snare of the hunters, from every troublesome matter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:20 - (LXX 93:20) Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frames mischief by an ordinance?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:3 - The Lord will not famish a righteous soul: but he will overthrow the life of the ungodly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:6 - The righteousness of upright men delivers them: but transgressors are caught in their own destruction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:4 - A bad man hearkens to the tongue of transgressors: but a righteous man attends not to false lips.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:13 - A foolish son is a disgrace to his father: vows paid out of the hire of a harlot are not pure.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:3 - they prepare their hands for mischief, the prince asks a reward, and the judge speaks flattering words; it is the desire of their soul:
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