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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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Isaiah 26:8
Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Lord, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 26:8 · retained source text

Yea in the way of thy Iudgements, O LORD, haue we waited for thee; the desire of our soule is to thy Name, and to the remembrance of thee.

Isaiah 53:2
For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 53:2 · retained source text

For he shall grow vp before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a drie ground: hee hath no forme nor comelinesse: and when wee shall see him, there is no beautie that we should desire him.

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