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To long for

תָּאַבStrong’s H8373

taav (ta-av)

Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Taav is the Hebrew word usually translated “long”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.

“Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.”
Psalms 119:40 KJV
Meaning
  1. (Qal) to long for
How it's translated
  • i long 2

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

Where it's used most
  • Psalms 2

1 book in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

תָּאַב taav · to long for

(Qal) to long for

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

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

LONG, adjective

[Latin longus.]

  1. Extended; drawn out in a line, or in the direction of length; opposed to short, and contradistinguished from broad or wide. long is a relative term; for a thing may be long in respect to one thing, and short with respect to another.
  2. Drawn out or extended in time; as a long time; a long period of time; a long while; a long series of events; a long sickness or confinement; a long session; a long debate.
  3. Extended to any certain measure expressed; as a span long; a yard long; a mile long that is, extended to the measure of a mile, etc.
  4. Dilatory; continuing for an extended time.
All definitions and other forms of “long”
  1. Tedious; continued to a great length.
  2. Continued in a series to a great extent; as a long succession of princes; a long line of ancestors.
  3. Continued in sound; protracted; as a long note; a long syllable.
  4. Continued; lingering or longing.
  5. Extensive; extending far in prospect or into futurity.

LONG, noun

Formerly, a musical note equal to two breves. obsolete

    LONG, adverb

    1. To a great extent in space; as a long extended line.
    2. To a great extent in time; as, they that tarry long at the wine. Proverbs 23:17“When the trumpet soundeth long” Exodus 19:13
    3. At a point of duration far distant, either prior or posterior; as not long before; not long after; long before the foundation of Rome; long after the conquest of Gaul by Julius Cesar.
    4. Through the whole extent or duration of.“The God who fed me all my life long to this day” Genesis 48:15

    LONG, adverb

      LONG, verb transitive

      To belong. [Not used.]

        LONG, verb intransitive

        1. To desire earnestly or eagerly.“I long to see you” Romans 1:11“I have longed after thy precepts” Psalms 119:40“I have longed for thy salvation” Psalms 119:174
        2. To have a preternatural craving appetite; as a longing woman.
        3. To have an eager appetite; as, to long for fruit.

        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.