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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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111 occurrences109 verses40 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 3:16

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Hebrews 6:11
And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:
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The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Hebrews 6:11 · retained source text

And wee desire, that euery one of you doe shewe the same diligence, to the full assurance of hope vnto the ende:

Hebrews 11:16
But 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.
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1611 witness · Hebrews 11:16 · retained source text

But now they desire a better countrey, that is, an heauenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to bee called their God: for he hath prepared for thē a city.

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