Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
desire
Usage: 1) desire 1a) desire (in bad sense) 2) chasm (fig. of destruction) 2a) engulfing ruin, destruction, calamity
Strong's Number
H1942
Language
Hebrew
Linked Usages
16
Books
4
Strong's H1942 Quick Answer
Strong's H1942 הַוָּה (havvah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. havvah (hav-vaw') n-f. 1. desire 2. (also) ruin It has 16 linked Bible usages across 4 books. Visible English usage signals include calamity, also, and desire. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
- Meaning
- havvah (hav-vaw') n-f. 1. desire 2. (also) ruin
- Usage
- 16 linked usages
- Books
- 4 indexed books
- Corpus
- Old Testament
- Usage Words
- calamity, also, and desire
Meaning and Definition
havvah (hav-vaw') n-f. 1. desire 2. (also) ruin [from H1933 (in the sense of eagerly coveting and rushing upon, by implication of falling)] KJV: calamity, iniquity, mischief, mischievous (thing), naughtiness, naughty, noisome, perverse thing, substance, very wickedness. Root(s): H1933
Across Lexicons
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H1942. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
How Strong's H1942 Is Translated
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render havvah, 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.
How Strong's H1942 Usage Compares
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.
- The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 16 linked usages.
- The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.
Strong's H1942 by Corpus
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
Strong's H1942 in the Old Testament
16 indexed usages in Old Testament.
Usage Excerpts
First 16 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H1942.
Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!
Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?
They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper.
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.
They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.
The tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
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.
Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.
Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast.
Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.
Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?
The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.
A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
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: so they wrap it up.
All Indexed Usage Links
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H1942, grouped by book.
Psalms 8 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 4 usages, Old Testament
Micah 1 usage, Old Testament
Strong's H1942 FAQ
What does havvah (הַוָּה) mean?
Havvah (Strong's H1942) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "by implication". havvah (hav-vaw') n-f. 1. desire 2. (also) ruin
How many times is havvah (הַוָּה) used in the Bible?
This page currently indexes 16 linked usages for Strong's H1942 across 4 books.
Where can I study havvah (הַוָּה) in context?
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H1942 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
What English words translate havvah (הַוָּה)?
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as calamity, also, and desire. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.