Strong's Hebrew · H185
אַוָּה
ʼavvâh · av-vaw'
desire, lust after, pleasure.
Definition
longing
Derivation
from H183 (אָוָה);
Appears 7 times in Scripture
“But whenever you want, you may slaughter and eat meat within any of your gates, according to the blessing the LORD your God has given you. Both the ceremonially clean and unclean may eat it as they would a gazelle or deer,”
“a wild donkey at home in the wilderness, sniffing the wind in the heat of her desire. Who can restrain her passion? All who seek her need not weary themselves; in mating season they will find her.”
“Now if a Levite moves from any town of residence throughout Israel and comes in all earnestness to the place the LORD will choose,”
“I will chasten them when I please; nations will be gathered against them to put them in bondage for their double transgression.”
“Now, O king, come down whenever your soul desires, and we will be responsible for delivering him into your hand.””
“When the LORD your God expands your territory as He has promised, and you crave meat and say, “I want to eat meat,” you may eat it whenever you want.”
“If the place where the LORD your God chooses to put His Name is too far from you, then you may slaughter any of the herd or flock He has given you, as I have commanded you, and you may eat it within your gates whenever you want.”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).