H185Noun, feminine7 times in the Hebrew BibleWhere it occurs
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- Deuteronomy 12:15אַוַּת
But whenever you want, you may slaughter and eat meat within any of your gates, according to the blessing the LORD your God has given you. Both the ceremonially clean and unclean may eat it as they would a gazelle or deer,
- 1 Samuel 23:20אַוַּת
Now, O king, come down whenever your soul desires, and we will be responsible for delivering him into your hand.”
- Jeremiah 2:24בְּאַוַּת
a wild donkey at home in the wilderness, sniffing the wind in the heat of her desire. Who can restrain her passion? All who seek her need not weary themselves; in mating season they will find her.
- Hosea 10:10בְּאַוָּתִי
I will chasten them when I please; nations will be gathered against them to put them in bondage for their double transgression.
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Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.