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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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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 Psa 55:11

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 91:3

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:20

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:13

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 7:3

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