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1.
@
(
, 515), “to deem worthy,” is translated “desire” in Acts 28:22, where a
suitable rendering would be “We think it meet (or good) to hear of thee”; so in 15:38. See
THINK
.
2.
$
(
#
!
, 1937), “to desire earnestly” (as with A, No. 1), stresses the
inward impulse rather than the object desired. It is translated “to desire” in Luke 16:21;
17:22; 22:15; 1 Tim. 3:1; Heb. 6:11; 1 Pet. 1:12; Rev. 9:6. See
COVET
.
3.
(
#$ 1
, 2065), in Luke 7:36 is translated “desired”; in 14:32,
RV
,
“asketh,” for
KJV
, “desireth”; so in John 12:21; Acts 16:39; 18:20; 23:20; in v. 18
“asked,” for
KJV
, “prayed.” See
ASK
.
4.
or
(
, &$
, 2442), “to have a strong affection for, a
yearning after,” is found in 1 Thess. 2:8, “being affectionately desirous of you.” It is
probably derived from a root indicating remembrance.¶
5.
(
A$!
, 3713), “to reach or stretch out,” is used only in the middle voice,
signifying the mental effort of stretching oneself out for a thing, of longing after it, with
stress upon the object desired (cf. No. 2); it is translated “desire” in Heb. 11:16; in 1 Tim.
3:1,
RV
, “seeketh,” for
KJV
, “desireth”; in 1 Tim. 6:10,
RV
, “reached after,” for
KJV
,
“coveted after.” In Heb. 11:16, a suitable rendering would be “reach after.” See
COVET
,
SEEK
.¶ Cf.
@
, lust, Rom. 1:27.¶
6.
(
!
, 2309), “to will, to wish,” implying volition and purpose, frequently a
determination, is most usually rendered “to will.” It is translated “to desire” in the
RV
of
the following: Matt. 9:13; 12:7; Mark 6:19; Luke 10:29; 14:28; 23:20; Acts 24:27; 25:9;
Gal. 4:17; 1 Tim. 5:11; Heb. 12:17; 13:18. See
DISPOSED
,
FORWARD
,
INTEND
,
LIST
,
LOVE
,
MEAN
,
PLEASED
,
RATHER
,
VOLUNTARY
,
WILL
.
7.
$
(
"
, 1014), “to wish, to will deliberately,” expresses more
strongly than
(No. 6) the deliberate exercise of the will; it is translated “to desire” in
the
RV
of the following: Acts 22:30; 23:28; 27:43; 28:18; 1 Tim. 2:8; 5:14; 6:9 and Jude
5. See
DISPOSED
,
INTEND
,
LIST
,
MINDED
,
WILLING
,
WISH
,
WOULD
.
8.
(
, 2206), “to have a zeal for, to be zealous towards,” whether in a good
or evil sense, the former in 1 Cor. 14:1, concerning spiritual gifts
RV
, “desire earnestly,”
KJV
, “desire”; in an evil sense, in Jas. 4:2,
RV
, “covet,” for
KJV
, “desire to have.”
9.
(
* !
, 154), “to ask,” is rendered “to desire” in
KJV
, e.g., in Matt. 20:20;
Luke 23:25 [
RV
, always “to ask (for)”].
10.
$
(
"
, 4692) is translated “earnestly desiring” in 2 Pet. 3:12,
RV
. See
HASTE
.
Note:
The following are translated by the verb “to desire” in the
KJV
.
(1)
,
, No. 3, with , intensive, “to ask, interrogate, inquire of, consult, or to
demand of a person”; in Matt. 16:1,
RV
, “asked.” See
ASK
. (2)
#
, “to seek”; in Matt.
12:46–47,
RV
, “seeking”; in Luke 9:9,
RV
, “sought.” See
ENDEAVOR
,
GO
,
Note
(2), (a),
INQUIRE
,
REQUIRE
,
SEEK
. (3)
,
, “to seek earnestly” (No. 2, with , intensive), in
Acts 13:7,
RV
, “sought”; in Phil. 4:17,
RV
, “seek for” (twice). See
INQUIRE
,
SEEK
. (4)