The meaning of “הַוָּה”
Understanding havvâh reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
calamity, iniquity, mischief, mischievous (thing), naughtiness, naughty, noisome, perverse thing, substance, very wicked...
הַוָּה
calamity, iniquity, mischief, mischievous (thing), naughtiness, naughty, noisome, perverse thing, substance, very wickedness. - by implication, of falling) - desire - also ruin 1) desire 1a) desire (in bad sense) 2) chasm (fig. of destruction) 2a) engulfing ruin, destruction, calamity
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Job 6:30 | “Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things? ” Word: הַוָּה (havvâh) | |
| Psalms 55:11 | “Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.” Word: הַוָּה (havvâh) | |
| Proverbs 17:4 | “A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.” Word: הַוָּה (havvâh) | |
| Micah 7:3 | “That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.” Word: הַוָּה (havvâh) |
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