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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Desired

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.

50exact KJV occurrences 24Old Testament 26New Testament 23books containing the word 19mapped Strong's IDs 49occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

Genesis 3:6

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.

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LAST OCCURRENCE

1 John 5:15

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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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where desired appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.

GreekG3870
παρακαλέω

parakaléō · par-ak-al-eh'-o

5 times translated as this KJV form114 total Strong's occurrences

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

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HebrewH7592
שָׁאַל

shâʼal · shaw-al'

4 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: 1 Samuel 12:13Strong's last: Ecclesiastes 2:10

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HebrewH2656
חֵפֶץ

chêphets · khay'-fets

2 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: Psalms 107:30Strong's last: Proverbs 8:11

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GreekG2212
ζητέω

zētéō · dzay-teh'-o

1 times translated as this KJV form124 total Strong's occurrences

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

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GreekG2309
θέλω

thélō · thel'-o

1 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: Luke 10:24Strong's last: Luke 10:24

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HebrewH559
אָמַר

ʼâmar · aw-mar'

1 times translated as this KJV form5,305 total Strong's occurrences

v

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

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HebrewH2654
חָפֵץ

châphêts · khaw-fates'

1 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: Hosea 6:6Strong's last: Hosea 6:6

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Strong's data is a concordance/lexical reference layer. Scripture context controls interpretation. Lexical source data is shown separately from future TWBC editorial teaching.

EVERY OCCURRENCE

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2 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.

Clear
Proverbs 8:11
H2656

For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.

Proverbs 21:20
H2530

There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

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

desired

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.

SOURCE & METHOD

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KJV English usageExact token counts, verse counts, first/last occurrence, and book distribution come from the canonical TWBC PCE KJV index.
Webster 1828Historical English dictionary material is reproduced as dictionary data, not as inspired Scripture or TWBC commentary.
Original Word / Strong'sHebrew, Aramaic, and Greek links attach by exact verse + KJV token position. No global “English word always equals Strong's ID” rule is used.

Curated TWBC teaching will remain a separate editorial layer. Raw source data is never silently rewritten to force a doctrinal conclusion.