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הַוָּה
havvâh · Hebrew · Strong's H1942 · 15 occurrences
The KJV renders 15 different Hebrew and Greek words as “substance”
What it means
by implication, of falling); desire; also ruin
from H1933 (הָוָא) (in the sense of eagerly coveting and rushing upon;
How the KJV renders it
calamity, iniquity, mischief, mischievous, naughtiness, naughty, noisome, perverse thing, substance, very wickedness
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“substance”
also renders ousía (G3776), hypárchonta (G5224), hypóstasis (G5287), hýparxis (G5223), ʼôwn (H202), hôwn (H1952), chayil (H2428), yêsh (H3426), kôach (H3581), matstsebeth (H4678), miqneh (H4735), qîym (H7009), qinyân (H7075), rᵉkûwsh (H7399)
“iniquity”
“mischief”
“mischievous”
also renders mᵉzimmâh (H4209)
“naughty”
also renders bᵉlîyaʻal (H1100)
“perverse thing”
also renders tahpukâh (H8419)
Where it appears
15 occurrences in the Hebrew text.
Job 6:30 HNcfpaJob 30:13 HR/Ncfsc/Sp1csMicah 7:3 HNcfscProverbs 10:3 HC/NcfscProverbs 11:6 HC/R/NcfscProverbs 17:4 HNcfpaProverbs 19:13 HNcfpaPsalm 5:9 HNcfpaPsalm 38:12 HNcfpaPsalm 52:2 HNcfpaPsalm 52:7 HR/Ncfsc/Sp3msPsalm 55:11 HNcfpaPsalm 57:1 HNcfpaPsalm 91:3 HNcfpaPsalm 94:20 HNcfpa
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.