Strong's H1942 (Hebrew)[edit | edit source]

Lemma: הַוָּה (havvâh)

Pronunciation: hav-vaw'

POS: hav-vaw' Morph: n-f

Exegesis: from (in the sense of eagerly coveting and rushing upon;

Definition: from הָוָא (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 Usage: calamity, iniquity, mischief, mischievous (thing), naughtiness, naughty, noisome, perverse thing, substance, very wickedness.

Senses[edit | edit source]

• 1. 1) desire
• 2. 1a) desire (in bad sense)
• 3. 2) chasm (fig. of destruction)
• 4. 2a) engulfing ruin, destruction, calamity

Cross References[edit | edit source]

• GREEK G93
• GREEK G152
• GREEK G458
• GREEK G763
• GREEK G3153
• GREEK G3601

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