KJV dictionary & concordance
Third-person singular present form of covet. Sense 1: To desire or long for earnestly. Sense 2: To desire unlawfully or greedily what belongs to another.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Proverbs 21:26
Complete exact-word concordance
He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.
Hee coueteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giueth and spareth not.
1611 marginal notePsal 112.9.
¶ Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!
¶ Woe to him that coueteth an euill couetousnesse to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that hee may be deliuered from the power of euill.
1611 marginal noteOr, gaineth an euill gaine.
1611 marginal noteHeb. palme of the hand.
1611 marginal noteIer.22.13.
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