הַוָּה havvah
Hebrew word for “desire” · Strong’s H1942 · used 16 times in 16 verses
Meaning
1) desire; 1a) desire (in bad sense); 2) chasm (fig. of destruction); 2a) engulfing ruin, destruction, calamity
How it is translated
Glosses given for havvah in context, with how often each is used:
- destructions 10
- destruction 3
- craving 3
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
Job 6 (2), Psalms 52 (2), Job 30 (1), Psalms 5 (1), Psalms 38 (1), Psalms 55 (1), Psalms 57 (1), Psalms 91 (1), Psalms 94 (1), Proverbs 10 (1)
Forms
- הוות 8
- הות 3
- והותי 1
- להותי 1
- בהותו 1
- והות 1
- ובהות 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with havvah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- לָשׁוֹן lashon “tongue” 4
- נֶפֶשׁ nephesh “soul” 4
- מִרְמָה mirmah “deceit” 2
- נָצַל natsal “to rescue” 2
- קֶרֶב qerev “entrails” 2
- רַע ra “bad” 2
- דָבַר davar “to speak” 2
Key verses
The verses using havvah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Job 6:2 — Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!
- Psalms 5:9 — For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.
- Psalms 38:12 — They also that seek after my life lay snares and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.
- Psalms 52:2 — Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
- Psalms 52:7 — Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.
- Psalms 55:11 — Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.
- Psalms 57:1 — [To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave.] Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul…
- Psalms 91:3 — Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.
- Psalms 94:20 — Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?
- Proverbs 10:3 — The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
- Proverbs 19:13 — A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
- Micah 7:3 — That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire:…
See all 16 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.