Job 33:6
Behold, I am according to thy wish in God's stead: I also am formed out of the clay.
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Wish
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3 John 1:2
Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
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εὔχομαι
eúchomai · yoo'-khom-ahee
2 times translated as this KJV form8 total Strong's occurrences
to wish; by implication, to pray to God
Strong's KJV usage: :--pray, will, wish.
Strong's first: 2 Corinthians 13:9Strong's last: 3 John 1:2
Open full G2172 profile →חָפֵץ
châphêts · khaw-fates'
1 times translated as this KJV form11 total Strong's occurrences
pleased with
Strong's KJV usage: delight in, desire, favour, please, have pleasure, whosoever would, willing, wish.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Psalms 40:14Strong's last: Psalms 40:14
Open full H2655 profile →מַשְׂכִּית
maskîyth · mas-keeth'
1 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences
a figure (carved on stone, the wall, or any object); figuratively, imagination
Strong's KJV usage: conceit, image(-ry), picture, × wish.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Psalms 73:7Strong's last: Psalms 73:7
Open full H4906 profile →פֶּה
peh · peh
1 times translated as this KJV form496 total Strong's occurrences
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
Strong's KJV usage: accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), × eat, edge, end, entry, file, hole, × in, mind, mouth, part, portion, × (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, × spoken, talk, tenor, × to, two-edged, wish, word.
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Strong's first: Job 33:6Strong's last: Job 33:6
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H2655
Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.
H4906
Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
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wish
WISH, verb intransitive [G.]
1. To have a desire, or strong desire, either for what is or is not supposed to be obtainable. It usually expresses less than long; but sometimes it denotes to long or wise earnestly. We often wise for what is not obtainable.
This is as good an argument as an antiquary could wish for.
They have more than heart could wish Psalms 73:7.
I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper. John 2:1.
They cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day. Acts 27:29.
2. To be disposed or inclined; as, to wish well to anothers affairs.
3. It sometimes partakes of hope or fear. I wish the event may prove fortunate, or less calamitous than we apprehend.
WISH, verb transitive
1. To desire. I wish your prosperity.
Let them be driven backward and put to shame, that wish me evil. Psalms 40:14.
2. To long for; to desire eagerly or ardently. It has this sense when expressed with emphasis.
3. To recommend by wishing.
I would not wish them to a fairer death.
4. To imprecate; as, to wish curses on an enemy.
5. To ask; to express desire.
WISH, noun
1. Desire; sometimes, eager desire. Job 33:6.
2. Desire expressed.
Blisterd be thy tongue for such a wish
3. Thing desired. He has his wish
The difference between wish and desire seems to be, that desire is directed to what is obtainable, and a wish may be directed to what is obtainable or not.
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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