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And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
Read in context →And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.
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aitéō · ahee-teh'-o
to ask (in genitive case)
Strong's KJV usage: :--ask, beg, call for, crave, desire, require.
Strong's first: Mark 15:6Strong's last: 1 John 5:15
Open full G154 profile →parakaléō · par-ak-al-eh'-o
to call near, i.e. invite, invoke (by imploration, hortation or consolation)
Strong's KJV usage: :--beseech, call for, (be of good) comfort, desire, (give) exhort(-ation), intreat, pray.
Strong's first: Acts 8:31Strong's last: 2 Corinthians 12:18
Open full G3870 profile →ʼâvâh · aw-vaw'
to wish for
Strong's KJV usage: covet, (greatly) desire, be desirous, long, lust (after).
Strong's first: Psalms 132:13Strong's last: Micah 7:1
Open full H183 profile →châmad · khaw-mad'
to delight in
Strong's KJV usage: beauty, greatly beloved, covet, delectable thing, (× great) delight, desire, goodly, lust, (be) pleasant (thing), precious (thing).
Strong's first: Genesis 3:6Strong's last: Isaiah 1:29
Open full H2530 profile →erōtáō · er-o-tah'-o
to interrogate; by implication, to request
Strong's KJV usage: :--ask, beseech, desire, intreat, pray.
Strong's first: Luke 7:36Strong's last: Acts 18:20
Open full G2065 profile →shâʼal · shaw-al'
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: 1 Samuel 12:13Strong's last: Ecclesiastes 2:10
Open full H7592 profile →epithyméō · ep-ee-thoo-meh'-o
to set the heart upon, i.e. long for (rightfully or otherwise)
Strong's KJV usage: :--covet, desire, would fain, lust (after).
Strong's first: Matthew 13:17Strong's last: Luke 22:15
Open full G1937 profile →bᵉʻâʼ · beh-aw'
to seek or ask
Strong's KJV usage: ask, desire, make (petition), pray, request, seek.
Strong's first: Daniel 2:16Strong's last: Daniel 2:23
Open full H1156 profile →chêphets · khay'-fets
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: Psalms 107:30Strong's last: Proverbs 8:11
Open full H2656 profile →châshaq · khaw-shak'
to cling, i.e. join, (figuratively) to love, delight in; elliptically; to deliver
Strong's KJV usage: have a delight, (have a) desire, fillet, long, set (in) love.
Strong's first: 1 Kings 9:19Strong's last: 2 Chronicles 8:6
Open full H2836 profile →exaitéomai · ex-ahee-teh'-om-ahee
to demand (for trial)
Strong's KJV usage: :--desire.
Strong's first: Luke 22:31Strong's last: Luke 22:31
Open full G1809 profile →eperōtáō · ep-er-o-tah'-o
to ask for, i.e. inquire, seek
Strong's KJV usage: :--ask (after, questions), demand, desire, question.
Strong's first: Matthew 16:1Strong's last: Matthew 16:1
Open full G1905 profile →epizētéō · ep-eed-zay-teh'-o
to search (inquire) for; intensively, to demand, to crave
Strong's KJV usage: :--desire, enquire, seek (after, for).
Strong's first: Acts 13:7Strong's last: Acts 13:7
Open full G1934 profile →zētéō · dzay-teh'-o
to seek (literally or figuratively); specially, (by Hebraism) to worship (God), or (in a bad sense) to plot (against life)
Strong's KJV usage: :--be (go) about, desire, endeavour, enquire (for), require, (X will) seek (after, for, means).
Strong's first: Luke 9:9Strong's last: Luke 9:9
Open full G2212 profile →thélō · thel'-o
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: Luke 10:24Strong's last: Luke 10:24
Open full G2309 profile →ʼâmar · aw-mar'
to say (used with great latitude)
Strong's KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, × desire, determine, × expressly, × indeed, × intend, name, × plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), × still, × suppose, talk, tell, term, × that is, × think, use (speech), utter, × verily, × yet.
Strong's first: Esther 2:13Strong's last: Esther 2:13
Open full H559 profile →chemdâh · khem-daw'
delight
Strong's KJV usage: desire, goodly, pleasant, precious.
Strong's first: 2 Chronicles 21:20Strong's last: 2 Chronicles 21:20
Open full H2532 profile →châphêts · khaw-fates'
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: Hosea 6:6Strong's last: Hosea 6:6
Open full H2654 profile →kâçaph · kaw-saf'
properly, to become pale, i.e. (by implication) to pine after; also to fear
Strong's KJV usage: (have) desire, be greedy, long, sore.
Strong's first: Zephaniah 2:1Strong's last: Zephaniah 2:1
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And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have desired! and, behold, the LORD hath set a king over you.
And all the cities of store that Solomon had, and cities for his chariots, and cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.
And Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had, and all the chariot cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout all the land of his dominion.
And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his children throughout all the countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fenced city: and he gave them victual in abundance. And he desired many wives.
Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being desired. Howbeit they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings.
Then thus came every maiden unto the king; whatsoever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women unto the king's house.
Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.
More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in his temple.
Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.
For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.
This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.
For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.
And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.
For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.
With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was right before thee.
Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him time, and that he would shew the king the interpretation.
I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast given me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me now what we desired of thee: for thou hast now made known unto us the king's matter.
For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grapegleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit.
Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired;
For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.
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DESIRED, participle passive Wished for; coveted; requested; entreated.
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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