Lexicon :: Strong's H1942 - haûâ

הַוָּה

Transliteration

haûâ

Pronunciation

hav-vaw'

Part of Speech

feminine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

From הָוָה (H1933)

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 483a

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

הַוָּה havvâh, hav-vaw'; from H1933 (in the sense of eagerly coveting and rushing upon; by implication, of falling); desire; also ruin:—calamity, iniquity, mischief, mischievous (thing), naughtiness, naughty, noisome, perverse thing, substance, very wickedness.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x

The KJV translates Strong's H1942 in the following manner: calamity (4x), wickedness (3x), perverse thing (1x), mischief (1x), noisome (1x), iniquity (1x), substance (1x), naughtiness (1x), naughty (1x), mischievous (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

desire
1. desire (in bad sense)
chasm (fig. of destruction)
1. engulfing ruin, destruction, calamity

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H1942: Abbreviations

† הַוָּה noun feminine

1. desire;

2. chasm, figurative destruction (compare هَوًى desire, هَوَأً atmosphere, emptiness, هَاوِيَةً a deep pit, hell (compare below הָוָה); Aramaic aTvfh gulf, chasm (Luke 16:26 )) construct הַוַּת Micah 7:3 +, suffix הַוָּתִי Job 6:2 +, plural הַוּוֺת Psalm 5:10 +; —

1. desire (in bad sense) Micah 7:3 דֹּבֵר הַוַּת נַפְשׁוֺ speaketh the desire of his soul, Proverbs 10:3 הַוַּת רְשָׁעִים, Proverbs 11:6 בֹּגְדִים ה׳, Psalm 52:9 יָעֹז בְּהַוָּתוֺ became strong through his (evil) desire (but read rather with Lag Gr Bi Che Now ׃ בְּהוֺנוֺ || בְּעָשְׁרוֺ).

2. engulfing ruin, destruction Job 6:2; Qr Job 30:13 (compare Baer's note) הַוָּתִי of Job's great calamity; plural (intensive) הַוּוֺת, especially as wrought, or meditated, by one against another, Psalm 5:10 קִרְבָּם הַוּוֺת their inward part is engulfing ruin (Che), Psalm 38:13 דִּבְּרוּ הַוּוֺת, Psalm 52:4 תַּחֲשֹׁב ה׳ לְשׁוֺנְךָ (compare Proverbs 17:4 לְשׁוֺן הַוּוֺת), Psalm 55:12 בְּקִרְבָּהּ ה׳, Psalm 57:2עַד יַעֲבֹר ה׳ till the storm of ruin (Che) pass by, Psalm 91:3דֶּבֶר ה׳ destructive pestilence, Psalm 94:20 כִּסֵּא ה׳ the seat (tribunal) of destruction (i.e. which ruins the innocent by injustice), Proverbs 19:13 a foolish son is הַוּוֺת לְאָבָיו, Job 6:30 (compare Job 6:2 above)

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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Job

6:2; 6:2; 6:2; 6:30; 30:13

Psalms

5:10; 5:10; 38:13; 52:4; 52:9; 55:12; 57:2; 91:3; 94:20

Proverbs

10:3; 11:6; 17:4; 19:13

Micah

7:3; 7:3

Luke

16:26

Gesenius' Hebrew-Chaldee Lexicon [?]

Concordance Results Shown Using the KJV

Strong's Number H1942 matches the Hebrew הַוָּה (haûâ),
which occurs 16 times in 16 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Job 6:2

Job 6:2 - Oh that^H3863 my grief^H3708 were throughly^H8254 weighed,^H8254 and my calamity^H1942^H1962 laid^H5375 in the balances^H3976 together!^H3162

Job 6:30

Job 6:30 - Is there^H3426 iniquity^H5766 in my tongue?^H3956 cannot my taste^H2441 discern^H995 perverse things?^H1942

Job 30:13

Job 30:13 - They mar^H5420 my path,^H5410 they set forward^H3276 my calamity,^H1942^H1962 they have no helper.^H5826

Psa 5:9

Psa 5:9 - For there is no faithfulness^H3559 in their mouth;^H6310 their inward^H7130 part is very wickedness;^H1942 their throat^H1627 is an open^H6605 sepulchre;^H6913 they flatter^H2505 with their tongue.^H3956

Psa 38:12

Psa 38:12 - They also that seek^H1245 after my life^H5315 lay snares^H5367 for me: and they that seek^H1875 my hurt^H7451 speak^H1696 mischievous things,^H1942 and imagine^H1897 deceits^H4820 all the day^H3117 long.

Psa 52:2

Psa 52:2 - Thy tongue^H3956 deviseth^H2803 mischiefs;^H1942 like a sharp^H3913 razor,^H8593 working^H6213 deceitfully.^H7423

Psa 52:7

Psa 52:7 - Lo, this is the man^H1397 that made^H7760 not God^H430 his strength;^H4581 but trusted^H982 in the abundance^H7230 of his riches,^H6239 and strengthened^H5810 himself in his wickedness.^H1942

Psa 55:11

Psa 55:11 - Wickedness^H1942 is in the midst^H7130 thereof: deceit^H8496 and guile^H4820 depart^H4185 not from her streets.^H7339

Psa 57:1

Psa 57:1 - [[To the chief Musician,^H5329 Altaschith,^H516 Michtam^H4387 of David,^H1732 when he fled^H1272 from^H6440 Saul^H7586 in the cave.]]^H4631 Be merciful^H2603 unto me, O God,^H430 be merciful^H2603 unto me: for my soul^H5315 trusteth^H2620 in thee: yea, in the shadow^H6738 of thy wings^H3671 will I make my refuge,^H2620 until these calamities^H1942 be overpast.^H5674

Psa 91:3

Psa 91:3 - Surely he shall deliver^H5337 thee from the snare^H6341 of the fowler,^H3353 and from the noisome^H1942 pestilence.^H1698

Psa 94:20

Psa 94:20 - Shall the throne^H3678 of iniquity^H1942 have fellowship^H2266 with thee, which frameth^H3335 mischief^H5999 by a law?^H2706

Pro 10:3

Pro 10:3 - The LORD^H3068 will not suffer^H7456 ➔ the soul^H5315 of the righteous^H6662 to famish:^H7456 but he casteth away^H1920 the substance^H1942 of the wicked.^H7563

Pro 11:6

Pro 11:6 - The righteousness^H6666 of the upright^H3477 shall deliver^H5337 them: but transgressors^H898 shall be taken^H3920 in their own naughtiness.^H1942

Pro 17:4

Pro 17:4 - A wicked doer^H7489 giveth heed^H7181 to false^H205 lips;^H8193 and a liar^H8267 giveth ear^H238 to a naughty^H1942 tongue.^H3956

Pro 19:13

Pro 19:13 - A foolish^H3684 son^H1121 is the calamity^H1942 of his father:^H1 and the contentions^H4079 of a wife^H802 are a continual^H2956 dropping.^H1812

Mic 7:3

Mic 7:3 - That they may do evil^H7451 with both hands^H3709 earnestly,^H3190 the prince^H8269 asketh,^H7592 and the judge^H8199 asketh for a reward;^H7966 and the great^H1419 man, he uttereth^H1696 his mischievous^H1942 desire:^H5315 so they wrap it up.^H5686