- Original: אוה - Transliteration: 'avah - Phonetic: aw-vaw' - Definition: 1. desire, incline, covet, wait longingly, wish, sigh, want, be greedy, prefer a. (Piel) to desire, crave (food and drink) b. (Hithpael) to desire, long for, lust after (of bodily appetites) - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 40 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to wish for: - covet (greatly) desire be desirous long lust (after). Total KJV Occurrences: 26 • after, 1 Deuteronomy 14:26 • covet, 1 Deuteronomy 5:21 • coveteth, 1 Proverbs 21:26 • desire, 4 Psalm 45:11; Proverbs 23:6; Proverbs 24:1; Amos 5:18 • desired, 5 Psalm 132:13; Psalm 132:14; Isaiah 26:9; Jeremiah 17:16; Micah 7:1 • desireth, 7 1 Samuel 2:16; 2 Samuel 3:21; 1 Kings 11:37; Job 23:13; Proverbs 13:4; Proverbs 21:10; Ecclesiastes 6:2 • desirous, 1 Proverbs 23:3 • exceedingly, 1 Psalm 106:14 • longed, 2 2 Samuel 23:15; 1 Chronicles 11:17 • longeth, 1 Deuteronomy 12:20 • lusted, 1 Numbers 11:34 • lusting, 1 Numbers 11:4