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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 - O that my provocation were thoroughly weighed, And my calamity in balances They would lift up together!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:30 - Is there in my tongue perverseness? Discerneth not my palate desirable things?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:13 - They have broken down my path, By my calamity they profit, 'He hath no helper.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:9 - For there is no stability in their mouth. Their heart is mischiefs, An open grave is their throat, Their tongue they make smooth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 38:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:12 - And those seeking my soul lay a snare, And those seeking my evil Have spoken mischievous things, And they do deceits meditate all the day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 52:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:2 - Mischiefs doth thy tongue devise, Like a sharp razor, working deceit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 52:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:7 - 'Lo, the man who maketh not God his strong place, And trusteth in the abundance of his riches, He is strong in his mischiefs.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:11 - Mischiefs are in its midst. Fraud and deceit depart not from its street.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 57:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:1 - To the Overseer. -- 'Destroy not.' -- A secret treasure of David, in his fleeing from the face of Saul into a cave. Favour me, O God, favour me, For in Thee is my soul trusting, And in the shadow of Thy wings I trust, Until the calamities pass over.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 91:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:3 - For He delivereth thee from the snare of a fowler, From a calamitous pestilence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:20 - Is a throne of mischief joined with Thee? A framer of perverseness by statute?

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:3 - Jehovah causeth not the soul of the righteous to hunger, And the desire of the wicked He thrusteth away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:6 - The righteousness of the upright delivereth them, And in mischief the treacherous are captured.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:4 - An evil doer is attentive to lips of vanity, Falsehood is giving ear to a mischievous tongue.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:13 - A calamity to his father is a foolish son, And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:3 - On the evil are both hands to do it well, The prince is asking -- also the judge -- for recompence, And the great -- he is speaking the mischief of his soul, And they wrap it up.
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