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Psalm 106

Psa. 106:14 KJV (With Strong’s)

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But ηlusted
'avah (Hebrew #183)
to wish for
KJV usage: covet, (greatly) desire, be desirous, long, lust (after).
Pronounce: aw-vaw'
Origin: a primitive root
p exceedingly
ta'avah (Hebrew #8378)
a longing; by implication, a delight (subjectively, satisfaction, objectively, a charm)
KJV usage: dainty, desire, X exceedingly, X greedily, lust(ing), pleasant. See also 6914.
Pronounce: tah-av-aw'
Origin: from 183 (abbreviated)
in the wilderness
midbar (Hebrew #4057)
a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)
KJV usage: desert, south, speech, wilderness.
Pronounce: mid-bawr'
Origin: from 1696 in the sense of driving
, and tempted
nacah (Hebrew #5254)
to test; by implication, to attempt
KJV usage: adventure, assay, prove, tempt, try.
Pronounce: naw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
God
'el (Hebrew #410)
strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity)
KJV usage: God (god), X goodly, X great, idol, might(-y one), power, strong. Compare names in "-el."
Pronounce: ale
Origin: shortened from 352
in the desert
yshiymown (Hebrew #3452)
a desolation
KJV usage: desert, Jeshimon, solitary, wilderness.
Pronounce: yesh-ee-mone'
Origin: from 3456
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But.
lusted exceedingly.
Heb. lusted a lust.
tempted.
Psa. 78:18‑20,40‑41• 18And they tempted *God in their heart, by asking meat for their lust;
19And they spoke against God: they said, Is *God able to prepare a table in the wilderness?
20Behold, he smote the rock, and waters gushed out, and streams overflowed; is he able to give bread also, or provide flesh for his people?
40How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!
41And they turned again and tempted *God, and grieved the Holy One of Israel.
(Psa. 78:18‑20,40‑41)
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Psa. 95:8‑9• 8Harden not your heart, as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah, in the wilderness;
9When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.
(Psa. 95:8‑9)
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Ex. 17:2• 2And the people contended with Moses, and said, Give us water, that we may drink! And Moses said to them, Why do ye dispute with me? Why do ye tempt Jehovah? (Ex. 17:2)
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Num. 14:22• 22for all those men who have seen my glory, and my signs, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice, (Num. 14:22)
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1 Cor. 10:9• 9Neither let us tempt the Christ, as some of them tempted, and perished by serpents. (1 Cor. 10:9)
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Heb. 3:8‑10• 8harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness;
9where your fathers tempted me, by proving me, and saw my works forty years.
10Wherefore I was wroth with this generation, and said, They always err in heart; and *they* have not known my ways;
(Heb. 3:8‑10)
 (vv. 14-15) Neglecting God’s counsel they were delivered to do their own will which, while it gave a brief gratification to their lust, sent leanness into their soul. (Psalms 106 by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And they lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted *God in the desert.