Strong’s H183 · Hebrew

אָוָה
ʼâvâh
aw-vaw'

Definition

to wish for

Etymology

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

  • covet
  • (greatly) desire
  • be desirous
  • long
  • lust (after)

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.