הַוָּה

Strong’s Definition

by implication, of falling); desire; also ruin

Etymology & Derivation

from H1933 (הָוָא) (in the sense of eagerly coveting and rushing upon;

KJV Usage

calamity, iniquity, mischief, mischievous (thing), naughtiness, naughty, noisome, perverse thing, substance, very wickedness.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.desire
• 2.desire (in bad sense)
• 3.engulfing ruin, destruction, calamity
• 4.chasm (figurative for destruction)

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: havvâh; Pronunciation: hav-vaw'