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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 Box Job 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:2 - utinam adpenderentur peccata mea quibus iram merui et calamitas quam patior in statera

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:30 - et non invenietis in lingua mea iniquitatem nec in faucibus meis stultitia personabit

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:13 - dissipaverunt itinera mea insidiati sunt mihi et praevaluerunt et non fuit qui ferret auxilium

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:9 - [Vulgate 5:10] non est enim in ore eorum rectum interiora eorum insidiae

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:12 - [Vulgate 37:13] et inruebant quaerentes animam meam et investigantes mala mihi loquebantur insidias et dolos tota die meditabantur

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:2 - [Vulgate 51:4] insidias cogitat lingua tua quasi novacula acuta faciens dolum

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:7 - [Vulgate 51:9] ecce vir qui non posuit Deum fortitudinem suam sed speravit in multitudine divitiarum suarum confortatus est in insidiis suis

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:11 - [Vulgate 54:12] insidiae in vitalibus eius et non recedet de plateis eius damnum et fraudulentia

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 57:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:1 - [Vulgate 56:1] pro victoria ut non disperdas David humilem et simplicem quando fugit a facie Saul in spelunca [Vulgate 56:2] miserere mei Deus miserere mei quoniam in te sperat anima mea in umbra alarum tuarum sperabo donec transeant insidiae

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:3 - [Vulgate 90:3] quia ipse liberabit te de laqueo venantium de morte insidiarum

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:20 - [Vulgate 93:20] numquid particeps erit tui thronus insidiarum fingens laborem in praecepto

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:3 - non adfliget Dominus fame animam iusti et insidias impiorum subvertet

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:6 - iustitia rectorum liberabit eos et in insidiis suis capientur iniqui

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:4 - malus oboedit linguae iniquae et fallax obtemperat labiis mendacibus

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:13 - dolor patris filius stultus et tecta iugiter perstillantia litigiosa mulier

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:3 - malum manuum suarum dicunt bonum princeps postulat et iudex in reddendo est et magnus locutus est desiderium animae suae et conturbaverunt eam
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