H1942Hebrewhawwôṯ

הַוָּה

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

16
Total Occurrences
4
Books
16
Old Testament
0
New Testament

Detailed Definition

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

Etymology & Derivation

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

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: havvâh; Pronunciation: hav-vaw'