Strong's Hebrew · H8669

תְּשׁוּקָה

tᵉshûwqâh · tesh-oo-kaw'

desire.

Definition

a longing

Derivation

from H7783 (שׁוּק) in the original sense of stretching out after;

Appears 3 times in Scripture

Song of Solomon 7:10

I belong to my beloved, and his desire is for me.

Genesis 3:16

To the woman He said: “I will sharply increase your pain in childbirth; in pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”

Genesis 4:7

If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you refuse to do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires you, but you must master it.”

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