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Desire

אֲבִיּוֹנָהStrong’s H0035

aviyyonah (a-viy-yo-nah)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Aviyyonah is the Hebrew word usually translated “caper-berry”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:”
Ecclesiastes 12:5 KJV
Meaning
  1. Caper-berry-of stimulating desire
How it's translated
  • the caper-berry 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Ecclesiastes 1

1 book in all.

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Explore in Scripture
    Hebrew dictionary

    אֲבִיּוֹנָה aviyyonah · desire

    caper-berry-of stimulating desire

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “desire” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    DESIRE, noun

    1. An emotion or excitement of the mind, directed to the attainment or possession of an object from which pleasure, sensual, intellectual or spiritual, is expected; a passion excited by the love of an object, or uneasiness at the want of it, and directed to its attainment or possession. desire is a wish to possess some gratification or source of happiness which is supposed to be obtainable.“We endeavored-to see your face with great desire” 1 Thessalonians 2:17“Thou satisfiest the desires of every living thing” Psalms 145:16
    2. A prayer or request to obtain:“He will fulfill the desire of them that fear him” Psalms 145:19
    3. The object of desire; that which is desired.“The desire of all nations shall come” Haggai 2:7
    4. Love; affection.“His desire is toward me” Song of Solomon 7:10
    All definitions and other forms of “desire”
    1. Appetite; lust.“Fulfilling the desires of the flesh” Ephesians 2:3

    DESIRE, verb transitive

    1. To wish for the possession or enjoyment of, with a greater or less degree of earnestness; to covet.“Neither shall any man desire thy land” Exodus 34:24“Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts” 1 Corinthians 14:1
    2. To express a wish to obtain; to ask; to request; to petition.“Then she said, did I desire a son of my Lord?” 2 Kings 4:28
    3. To require.

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.