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desire

Meaning of “desire”

Sense 1: A wish, longing, request, pleasure, or thing wished for. Sense 2: To wish for, long for, request, or take pleasure in.

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First occurrence: Genesis 3:16

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Genesis 3:16
Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 3:16 · retained source text

Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorowe and thy conception. In sorow thou shalt bring forth children: and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and hee shall rule ouer thee.

1611 marginal noteOr, subiect to thy husband.

1611 marginal note1.Corin. 14.34.

Genesis 4:7
If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
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1611 witness · Genesis 4:7 · retained source text

If thou doe well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sinne lieth at the doore: And vnto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule ouer him.

1611 marginal noteOr, haue the excellencie?

1611 marginal noteOr, subiect vnto thee.

Exodus 10:11
Not so: go now ye that are men, and serve the Lord; for that ye did desire. And they were driven out from Pharaoh’s presence.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 10:11 · retained source text

Not so: goe now yee that are men, and serue the LORD, for that you did desire: and they were driuen out from Pharaohs presence.

Exodus 34:24
For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the Lord thy God thrice in the year.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Exodus 34:24 · retained source text

For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt goe vp to appeare before the LORD thy God, thrice in the yeere.

Deuteronomy 5:21
Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour’s wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour’s house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour’s.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 5:21 · retained source text

Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbours wife, neither shalt thou couet thy neighbours house, his field, or his man seruant, or his maide seruant, his oxe, or his asse, or any thing that is thy neighbours.

1611 marginal noteRom. 7.7.

Deuteronomy 7:25
The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it is an abomination to the Lord thy God.
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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 7:25 · retained source text

The grauen images of their gods shall yee burne with fire: thou shalt not desire the siluer or golde that is on them, nor take it vnto thee, lest thou bee snared therein: for it is an abomination to the LORD thy God.

1611 marginal noteChap. 12.3.

1611 marginal noteIosh. 7.1,21. 2.Mac. 12.40.

Deuteronomy 18:6
¶ And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourned, and come with all the desire of his mind unto the place which the Lord shall choose;
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 18:6 · retained source text

¶ And if a Leuite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he soiourned, and come with all the desire of his minde, vnto the place which the LORD shall choose;

Deuteronomy 21:11
And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife;
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 21:11 · retained source text

And seest among the captiues a beautifull woman, and hast a desire vnto her, that thou wouldest haue her to thy wife:

Judges 8:24
¶ And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, that ye would give me every man the earrings of his prey. (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Judges 8:24 · retained source text

¶ And Gideon said vnto them, I would desire a request of you, that you would giue me euery man the earerings of his pray. For they had golden eare-rings, because they were Ishmaelites.

1 Samuel 9:20
And as for thine asses that were lost three days ago, set not thy mind on them; for they are found. And on whom is all the desire of Israel? Is it not on thee, and on all thy father’s house?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Samuel 9:20 · retained source text

And as for thine asses that were lost three dayes agoe, set not thy minde on them, for they are found: And on whom is all the desire of Israel? is it not on thee, & on all thy fathers house?

1611 marginal noteHebr. to day three dayes.

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