Avah means “wish for” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G183 — akataschetos (“unruly”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H183 אָוָה (avah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. avah (aw-vaw') v. 1. to wish for [a primitive root] It has 25 linked Bible usages across 13 books. Visible English usage signals include desire, lusted, longed, lusting, and covet. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
avah (aw-vaw') v. 1. to wish for [a primitive root] KJV: covet, (greatly) desire, be desirous, long, lust (after).
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H183. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to desire
Usage: 1) desire, incline, covet, wait longingly, wish, sigh, want, be greedy, prefer 1a) (Piel) to desire, crave (food and drink) 1b) (Hithpael) to desire, long for, lust after (of bodily appetites)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render avah, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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25 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?
And he called the name of that place Kibrothhattaavah: because there they buried the people that lusted.
Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour's wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour's house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour's.
First 25 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H183.
And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?
And he called the name of that place Kibrothhattaavah: because there they buried the people that lusted.
Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour's wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour's house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour's.
When the LORD thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.
And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household,
And Abner said unto David, I will arise and go, and will gather all Israel unto my lord the king, that they may make a league with thee, and that thou mayest reign over all that thine heart desireth. And David sent Abner away; and he went in peace.
And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!
And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel.
And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, that is at the gate!
But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.
So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him.
But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.
For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.
This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.
He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.
Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.
Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:
Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was right before thee.
Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light.
Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grapegleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H183, grouped by book.
Avah (Strong's H183) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "wish for". avah (aw-vaw') v. 1. to wish for [a primitive root]
This page currently indexes 25 linked usages for Strong's H183 across 13 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H183 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as desire, lusted, longed, lusting, covet, and longeth. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.