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And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household,
Read in context →This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
Read in context →3 occurrences in 3 verses.
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ʼâvâh · aw-vaw'
to wish for
Strong's KJV usage: covet, (greatly) desire, be desirous, long, lust (after).
Strong's first: 1 Samuel 2:16Strong's last: Ecclesiastes 6:2
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: Psalms 68:16Strong's last: Proverbs 12:12
Open full H2530 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: 1 Timothy 3:1Strong's last: 1 Timothy 3:1
Open full G1937 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 14:32Strong's last: Luke 14:32
Open full G2065 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 5:39Strong's last: Luke 5:39
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: 1 Samuel 20:4Strong's last: 1 Samuel 20:4
Open full H559 profile →châphêts · khaw-fates'
pleased with
Strong's KJV usage: delight in, desire, favour, please, have pleasure, whosoever would, willing, wish.
Strong's first: Psalms 34:12Strong's last: Psalms 34:12
Open full H2655 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: 1 Samuel 18:25Strong's last: 1 Samuel 18:25
Open full H2656 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: Deuteronomy 14:26Strong's last: Deuteronomy 14:26
Open full H7592 profile →shâʼaph · shaw-af'
to inhale eagerly; figuratively, to cover; by implication, to be angry; also to hasten
Strong's KJV usage: desire (earnestly), devour, haste, pant, snuff up, swallow up.
Strong's first: Job 7:2Strong's last: Job 7:2
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This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
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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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