Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.
(Proverbs 18:1) KJV
Through desire: לְֽ֭תַאֲוָה – letaavah
- A desire, exceedingly, greedily, lusting, pleasant
- desire – absolute; desire, wish; of physical appetite, longing for dainty food;
- distinctly good sense; Psalm 10:17; Psalm 38:10; Proverbs 11:23; Proverbs 19:22 Isaiah 26:8
- bad sense, lust, appetite, covetousness Psalms 10:3; Psalms 112:10; Proverbs 21:25-26; ; particularly of longing for dainties of Egypt.
- thing desired,
- in good sense Proverbs 10:24
- bad sense Psalms 78:29; Psalms 21:3
- desire – absolute; desire, wish; of physical appetite, longing for dainty food;
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