Lexicon :: Strong's H183 - 'āvâ

The riffraff[fn] among them had a strong craving for other food. The Israelites wept again and said, “Who will feed us meat?

So they named that place Kibroth-hattaavah,[fn] because there they buried the people who had craved the meat.

“Do not covet your neighbor’s wife or desire your neighbor’s house, his field, his male or female slave, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.

“When the LORD your God enlarges your territory as he has promised you, and you say, ‘I want to eat meat’ because you have a strong desire to eat meat, you may eat it whenever you want.

“You may spend the silver on anything you want: cattle, sheep, goats, wine, beer, or anything you desire. You are to feast there in the presence of the LORD your God and rejoice with your family.

Abner said to David, “Let me now go and I will gather all Israel to my lord the king. They will make a covenant with you, and you will reign over all you desire.” So David dismissed Abner, and he went in peace.

David was extremely thirsty[fn] and said, “If only someone would bring me water to drink from the well at the city gate of Bethlehem! ”

“I will appoint you, and you will reign as king over all you want, and you will be king over Israel.

David was extremely thirsty[fn] and said, “If only someone would bring me water to drink from the well at the city gate of Bethlehem! ”

But he is unchangeable; who can oppose him?

He does what he desires.

and the king will desire your beauty.

Bow down to him, for he is your lord.

They were seized with craving in the wilderness

and tested God in the desert.

For the LORD has chosen Zion;

he has desired it for his home:

The slacker craves, yet has nothing,

but the diligent is fully satisfied.

A wicked person desires evil;

he has no consideration[fn] for his neighbor.

He is filled with craving[fn] all day long,

but the righteous give and don’t hold back.

don’t desire his choice food,

for that food is deceptive.

Don’t eat a stingy person’s bread,[fn]

and don’t desire his choice food,

Don’t envy the evil

or desire to be with them,

God gives a person riches, wealth, and honor so that he lacks nothing of all he desires for himself, but God does not allow him to enjoy them. Instead, a stranger will enjoy them. This is futile and a sickening tragedy.

I long for you in the night;

yes, my spirit within me diligently seeks you,

for when your judgments are in the land,

the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.

But I have not run away from being your shepherd,

and I have not longed for the fatal day.

You know my words were spoken in your presence.

Woe to you who long for the day of the LORD!

What will the day of the LORD be for you?

It will be darkness and not light.

How sad for me!

For I am like one who —

when the summer fruit has been gathered

after the gleaning of the grape harvest —

finds no grape cluster to eat,

no early fig, which I crave.