# תַּאֲוָה (taavah)

Israeli respelling: ta-a-vah. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H8378. 21 Old Testament occurrences.

a longing; by implication, a delight (subjectively, satisfaction, objectively, a charm)

King James renderings: dainty, desire, [idiom] exceedingly, [idiom] greedily, lust(ing), pleasant. See also H6914 (קִבְרוֹת הַתַּאֲוָה).

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/taavah-h8378

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 3:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/3/6) — And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, sh…
- [Numbers 11:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/11/4) — And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to…
- [1 Samuel 2:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/2/16) — And if any man said unto him, Let them not fail to burn the fat presently, and then take as much as thy soul desireth; then he would answer…
- [Job 33:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/33/20) — So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.
- [Psalms 10:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/10/3) — For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
- [Psalms 10:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/10/17) — LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
- [Psalms 21:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/21/2) — Thou hast given him his heart’s desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.
- [Psalms 38:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/38/9) — Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.
- [Psalms 78:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/78/29) — So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire;
- [Psalms 78:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/78/30) — They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths,
- [Psalms 106:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/106/14) — But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.
- [Psalms 112:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/112/10) — The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.
- [Proverbs 10:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/10/24) — The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.
- [Proverbs 11:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/11/23) — The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
- [Proverbs 13:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/13/12) — Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
- [Proverbs 13:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/13/19) — The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil.
- [Proverbs 18:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/18/1) — Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.
- [Proverbs 19:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/19/22) — The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.
- [Proverbs 21:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/21/25) — The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.
- [Proverbs 21:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/21/26) — He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.
- [Isaiah 26:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/26/8) — Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.