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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 hearts{HR}By asking food for their lust (souls).
19And they spoke against God; they said,{HR}Shall God be able to furnish a table in the wilderness?
20Behold, he smote the rock,{HR}And waters gushed out,{HR}And streams overflowed;{HR}Can he give bread also,{HR}Or provide flesh for his people?
40How oft did they rebel against him in the wilderness{HR}And grieve him in the desert!
41And they turned again and tempted God ,{HR}And limited the Holy One of Israel.
(Psa. 78:18‑20,40‑41)
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Psa. 95:8‑9• 8Harden not your heart like Meribah,{HR}Like the day of Massah in the wilderness;
9When your fathers tempted me,{HR}Proved me, and saw my work.
(Psa. 95:8‑9)
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Ex. 17:2• 2{i}And 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?{/i} (Ex. 17:2)
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Num. 14:22• 22{i}for 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,{/i} (Num. 14:22)
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1 Cor. 10:9• 9Neither let us tempt the Lord, even as some of them tempted, and were perishing by the serpents. (1 Cor. 10:9)
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Heb. 3:8‑10• 8harden not your hearts as in the provocation, through the day of temptation in the wilderness
9when your fathers tempted [me], proved [me], and saw my works forty years.
10Wherefore I was wroth with this generation and said, They always err in their heart, and they knew not 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. (Psalm 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.

W. Kelly Translation

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And lusted exceedingly in the wilderness,{HR}And tempted God ina the desert.

WK Translation Notes

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