Strong’s H17 · Hebrew

אֲבוֹי
ʼăbôwy
ab-o'ee

Definition

want

Etymology

from H14 (אָבָה) (in the sense of desiring);

Word family

How the KJV renders it

  • sorrow

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.