Strong's Hebrew · H1942
הַוָּה
havvâh · hav-vaw'
Definitionby implication, of falling); desire; also ruin
Derivationfrom H1933 (הָוָא) (in the sense of eagerly coveting and rushing upon;
KJV usagecalamity, iniquity, mischief, mischievous (thing), naughtiness, naughty, noisome, perverse thing, substance, very wickedness.
Occurrences16 in the KJV · 16 verses
הַוָּה in Scripture
Job 6:2
Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!
Job 6:30
Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?
Job 30:13
They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper.
Psalms 5:9
For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.
Psalms 38:12
They also that seek after my life lay snares for me : and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.
Psalms 52:2
Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Psalms 52:7
Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.
Psalms 55:11
Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.
Psalms 57:1
Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast.
Psalms 91:3
Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.
Psalms 94:20
Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?
Proverbs 10:3
The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
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