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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

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.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:2 - Oh that H3863 my grief H3708 were throughly H8254 weighed, H8254 and my calamity H1942 H1962 laid H5375 in the balances H3976 together! H3162
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:30 - Is there H3426 iniquity H5766 in my tongue? H3956 cannot my taste H2441 discern H995 perverse things? H1942
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:13 - They mar H5420 my path, H5410 they set forward H3276 my calamity, H1942 H1962 they have no helper. H5826
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:9 - For there is no faithfulness H3559 in their mouth; H6310 their inward H7130 part is very wickedness; H1942 their throat H1627 is an open H6605 sepulchre; H6913 they flatter H2505 with their tongue. H3956
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:12 - They also that seek H1245 after my life H5315 lay snares H5367 for me: and they that seek H1875 my hurt H7451 speak H1696 mischievous things, H1942 and imagine H1897 deceits H4820 all the day H3117 long.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:2 - Thy tongue H3956 deviseth H2803 mischiefs; H1942 like a sharp H3913 razor, H8593 working H6213 deceitfully. H7423
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:7 - Lo, this is the man H1397 that made H7760 not God H430 his strength; H4581 but trusted H982 in the abundance H7230 of his riches, H6239 and strengthened H5810 himself in his wickedness. H1942
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:11 - Wickedness H1942 is in the midst H7130 thereof: deceit H8496 and guile H4820 depart H4185 not from her streets. H7339
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:1 - [[To the chief Musician, H5329 Altaschith, H516 Michtam H4387 of David, H1732 when he fled H1272 from H6440 Saul H7586 in the cave.]] H4631 Be merciful H2603 unto me, O God, H430 be merciful H2603 unto me: for my soul H5315 trusteth H2620 in thee: yea, in the shadow H6738 of thy wings H3671 will I make my refuge, H2620 until these calamities H1942 be overpast. H5674
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:3 - Surely he shall deliver H5337 thee from the snare H6341 of the fowler, H3353 and from the noisome H1942 pestilence. H1698
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:20 - Shall the throne H3678 of iniquity H1942 have fellowship H2266 with thee, which frameth H3335 mischief H5999 by a law? H2706
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:3 - The LORD H3068 will not suffer H7456  the soul H5315 of the righteous H6662 to famish: H7456 but he casteth away H1920 the substance H1942 of the wicked. H7563
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:6 - The righteousness H6666 of the upright H3477 shall deliver H5337 them: but transgressors H898 shall be taken H3920 in their own naughtiness. H1942
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:4 - A wicked doer H7489 giveth heed H7181 to false H205 lips; H8193 and a liar H8267 giveth ear H238 to a naughty H1942 tongue. H3956
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:13 - A foolish H3684 son H1121 is the calamity H1942 of his father: H1 and the contentions H4079 of a wife H802 are a continual H2956 dropping. H1812
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:3 - That they may do evil H7451 with both hands H3709 earnestly, H3190 the prince H8269 asketh, H7592 and the judge H8199 asketh for a reward; H7966 and the great H1419 man, he uttereth H1696 his mischievous H1942 desire: H5315 so they wrap it up. H5686
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