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Desire

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

111exact KJV occurrences 77Old Testament 34New Testament 40books containing the word 36mapped Strong's IDs 103occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

Genesis 3:16

Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

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LAST OCCURRENCE

Revelation 9:6

And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where desire appears.

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ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

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GreekG2309
θέλω

thélō · thel'-o

9 times translated as this KJV form217 total Strong's occurrences

to determine (as an active option from subjective impulse; whereas G1014 properly denotes rather a passive acquiescence in objective considerations), i.e. choose or prefer (literally or figuratively); by implication, to wish, i.e. be inclined to (sometimes adverbially, gladly); impersonally for the future tense, to be about to; by Hebraism, to delight in

Strong's KJV usage: :--desire, be disposed (forward), intend, list, love, mean, please, have rather, (be) will (have, -ling, - ling(-ly)).

Strong's first: Mark 9:35Strong's last: Galatians 6:13

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HebrewH2656
חֵפֶץ

chêphets · khay'-fets

9 times translated as this KJV form39 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

pleasure; hence (abstractly) desire; concretely, a valuable thing; hence (by extension) a matter (as something in mind)

Strong's KJV usage: acceptable, delight(-some), desire, things desired, matter, pleasant(-ure), purpose, willingly.

Strong's first: 2 Samuel 23:5Strong's last: Proverbs 3:15

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HebrewH2654
חָפֵץ

châphêts · khaw-fates'

6 times translated as this KJV form75 total Strong's occurrences

v

properly, to incline to; by implication (literally but rarely) to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire

Strong's KJV usage: × any at all, (have, take) delight, desire, favour, like, move, be (well) pleased, have pleasure, will, would.

Strong's first: Job 13:3Strong's last: Jeremiah 42:22

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HebrewH5315
נֶפֶשׁ

nephesh · neh'-fesh

4 times translated as this KJV form738 total Strong's occurrences

n-f

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)

Strong's KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, × dead(-ly), desire, × (dis-) contented, × fish, ghost, greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, × jeopardy of) life (× in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, slay, soul, tablet, they, thing, (× she) will, × would have it.

Strong's first: Ecclesiastes 6:9Strong's last: Habakkuk 2:5

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HebrewH7592
שָׁאַל

shâʼal · shaw-al'

3 times translated as this KJV form172 total Strong's occurrences

v

to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand

Strong's KJV usage: ask (counsel, on), beg, borrow, lay to charge, consult, demand, desire, × earnestly, enquire, greet, obtain leave, lend, pray, request, require, salute, × straitly, × surely, wish.

Strong's first: Judges 8:24Strong's last: 2 Kings 4:28

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GreekG3713
ὀρέγομαι

orégomai · or-eg'-om-ahee

2 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences

to stretch oneself, i.e. reach out after (long for)

Strong's KJV usage: :--covet after, desire.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: 1 Timothy 3:1Strong's last: Hebrews 11:16

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GreekG1974
ἐπιποθία

epipothía · ep-ee-poth-ee'-ah

1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences

intense longing

Strong's KJV usage: :--great desire.

Strong's first: Romans 15:23Strong's last: Romans 15:23

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GreekG2107
εὐδοκία

eudokía · yoo-dok-ee'-ah

1 times translated as this KJV form9 total Strong's occurrences

satisfaction, i.e. (subjectively) delight, or (objectively) kindness, wish, purpose

Strong's KJV usage: :--desire, good pleasure (will), X seem good.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Romans 10:1Strong's last: Romans 10:1

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HebrewH15
אָבֶה

ʼâbeh · aw-beh'

1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences

n-f

longing

Strong's KJV usage: desire.

Strong's first: Job 34:36Strong's last: Job 34:36

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HebrewH35
אֲבִיּוֹנָה

ʼăbîyôwnâh · ab-ee-yo-naw'

1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences

n-f

provocative of desire; the caper berry (from its stimulative taste)

Strong's KJV usage: desire.

Strong's first: Ecclesiastes 12:5Strong's last: Ecclesiastes 12:5

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HebrewH1245
בָּקַשׁ

bâqash · baw-kash'

1 times translated as this KJV form225 total Strong's occurrences

v

to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after

Strong's KJV usage: ask, beg, beseech, desire, enquire, get, make inquisition, procure, (make) request, require, seek (for).

Strong's first: Exodus 10:11Strong's last: Exodus 10:11

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HebrewH5375
נָשָׂא

nâsâʼ · naw-saw'

1 times translated as this KJV form647 total Strong's occurrences

v

to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative

Strong's KJV usage: accept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable ( man), lade, lay, lift (self) up, lofty, marry, magnify, × needs, obtain, pardon, raise (up), receive, regard, respect, set (up), spare, stir up, swear, take (away, up), × utterly, wear, yield.

Strong's first: Jeremiah 22:27Strong's last: Jeremiah 22:27

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HebrewH8420
תָּו

tâv · tawv

1 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

a mark; by implication, a signature

Strong's KJV usage: desire, mark.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Job 31:35Strong's last: Job 31:35

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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2 Chronicles 9:12
H2656

And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which she had brought unto the king. So she turned, and went away to her own land, she and her servants.

2 Chronicles 15:15
H7522

And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them: and the LORD gave them rest round about.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

desire

DESIRE, noun

1. An emotion or excitement of the mind, directed to the attainment or possession of an object from which pleasure, sensual, intellectual or spiritual, is expected; a passion excited by the love of an object, or uneasiness at the want of it, and directed to its attainment or possession. desire is a wish to possess some gratification or source of happiness which is supposed to be obtainable. A wish may exist for something that is or is not abtainable. desire when directed solely to sensual enjoyment, differs little from appetite. In other languages, desire is expressed by longing or reaching toward, and when it is ardent or intense, it approaches to longing, but the word in English usually expresses less than longing.

We endeavored-to see your face with great desire 1 Thessalonians 2:17.

Thou satisfiest the desires of every living thing. Psalms 145:16.

DESIRE is that internal act, which, by influencing the will, makes us proceed to action.

2. A prayer or request to obtain:

He will fulfill the desire of them that fear him. Psalms 145:16.

3. The object of desire; that which is desired.

The desire of all nations shall come. Haggai 2:7.

4. Love; affection.

His desire is toward me. Song of Solomon 7:10.

5. Appetite; lust.

Fulfilling the desires of the flesh. Ephesians 2:3.

DESIRE, verb transitive

1. To wish for the possession or enjoyment of, with a greater or less degree of earnestness; to covet. It expresses less strength of affection than longing.

Neither shall any man desire thy land. Exodus 34:24.

Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts. 1 Corinthians 14:1.

2. To express a wish to obtain; to ask; to request; to petition.

Then she said, did I desire a son of my Lord? 2 Kings 4:28.

3. To require.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.

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