Limitless Word
תַּאֲוָהtaʼăvâh/tah-av-aw'/
HebrewH837819 occurrences (KJV)

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

KJV renders it: dainty, desire, [idiom] exceedingly, [idiom] greedily, lust(ing), pleasant. See also H6914 (קִבְרוֹת הַתַּאֲוָה).

Where it appears

  • Gen 3:6When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took some of its fruit, and ate; and she gave some to her husband with her, and he ate it, too.
  • Job 33:20So that his life abhors bread, and his soul dainty food.
  • Ps 10:3For the wicked boasts of his heart’s cravings. He blesses the greedy, and condemns Yahweh.
  • Ps 10:17Yahweh, you have heard the desire of the humble. You will prepare their heart. You will cause your ear to hear,
  • Ps 21:2You have given him his heart’s desire, and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah.
  • Ps 38:9Lord, all my desire is before you. My groaning is not hidden from you.
  • Ps 78:29So they ate, and were well filled. He gave them their own desire.
  • Ps 78:30They didn’t turn from their cravings. Their food was yet in their mouths,
  • Ps 106:14but gave in to craving in the desert, and tested God in the wasteland.
  • Ps 112:10The wicked will see it, and be grieved. He shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away. The desire of the wicked will perish.
  • Prov 10:24What the wicked fear, will overtake them, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.
  • Prov 11:23The desire of the righteous is only good. The expectation of the wicked is wrath.
  • Prov 13:12Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when longing is fulfilled, it is a tree of life.
  • Prov 13:19Longing fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but fools detest turning from evil.
  • Prov 18:1An unfriendly man pursues selfishness, and defies all sound judgment.
  • Prov 19:22That which makes a man to be desired is his kindness. A poor man is better than a liar.
  • Prov 21:25The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.
  • Prov 21:26There are those who covet greedily all day long; but the righteous give and don’t withhold.
  • Isa 26:8Yes, in the way of your judgments, Yahweh, have we waited for you. Your name and your renown are the desire of our soul.

Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.