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H1942

הַוָּה

havvâh [hav-vaw'] Noun
Core meaningby implication

Lexical Definition

Strong's Hebrew H1942

by implication, of falling) ; desire ; also ruin

KJV usage: calamity, iniquity, mischief, mischievous (thing), naughtiness, naughty, noisome, perverse thing, substance, very wickedness.
Etymology: from 1933 (in the sense of eagerly coveting and rushing upon;
Brown–Driver–Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

. Usage: calamity, iniquity, mischief, mischievous (thing), naughtiness, naughty, noisome, perverse thing, substance, very wickedness. calamity, iniquity, mischief, mischievous (thing), naughtiness, naughty, noisome, perverse thing, substance, very wickedness.

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