Strong’s G3713 · Greek
ὀρέγομαι
orégomai · or-eg'-om-ahee
Origin middle voice of apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary (compare ὄρος (G3735));
Meaning to stretch oneself, i.e. reach out after (long for)
In the King James Version covet after, desire.
In 3 verses of the King James Version
- 1 Timothy 3:1This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
- 1 Timothy 6:10For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
- Hebrews 11:16But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.