¶ I am my beloved’s, and his desire is toward me.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Song of Solomon 7:10 · retained source text
¶ I am my beloueds, and his desire is towards me.
1611 marginal noteChap.2.16. and 6.3
KJV dictionary & concordance
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.
Definition sources
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111 occurrences109 verses40 booksKJV PCE
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 3:16
Complete exact-word concordance
Every verse containing “desire”
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.
The 1611 reading
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.
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.
The 1611 reading
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.
But to the land whereunto they desire to return, thither shall they not return.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 22:27 · retained source text
But to the land whereunto they desire to returne, thither shall they not returne.
1611 marginal noteHebr. lift vp their minde.
Now therefore know certainly that ye shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, in the place whither ye desire to go and to sojourn.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 42:22 · retained source text
Now therefore know certainly, that ye shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, in the place whither ye desire to go and to soiourne.
So that none of the remnant of Judah, which are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, that they should return into the land of Judah, to the which they have a desire to return to dwell there: for none shall return but such as shall escape.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 44:14 · retained source text
So that none of the remnant of Iudah which are gone into the land of Egypt to soiourne there, shall escape or remaine, that they should returne into the land of Iudah to the which they haue a desire to returne to dwell there: for none shall returne but such as shall escape.
1611 marginal noteHeb. lift vp their soule.
Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 24:16 · retained source text
Sonne of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourne, nor weepe, neither shall thy teares runne downe.
1611 marginal noteHeb. goe.
Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the excellency of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pitieth; and your sons and your daughters whom ye have left shall fall by the sword.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 24:21 · retained source text
Speake vnto the house of Israel; Thus saith the LORD God; Behold, I will prophane my sanctuarie, the excellencie of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soule pitieth; and your sonnes and your daughters, whom yee haue left, shall fall by the sword.
1611 marginal noteHeb. the pitie of your soule.
Also, thou son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that whereupon they set their minds, their sons and their daughters,
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 24:25 · retained source text
Also thou sonne of man, shall it not be in the day when I take from them their strength, the ioy of their glorie, the desire of their eyes, and that whereupon they set their minds, their sonnes and their daughters;
1611 marginal noteHeb. the lifting vp of the soule.
That they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Daniel 2:18 · retained source text
That they would desire mercies of the God of heauen concerning this secret, that Daniel and his fellowes should not perish with the rest of the Wise men of Babylon.
1611 marginal noteCald. from before God.
1611 marginal noteOr, that they should not destroy Daniel, &c.
Complete reference index — all 109 verses
Genesis 3:16Genesis 4:7Exodus 10:11Exodus 34:24Deuteronomy 5:21Deuteronomy 7:25Deuteronomy 18:6Deuteronomy 21:11Judges 8:241 Samuel 9:201 Samuel 23:202 Samuel 23:51 Kings 2:201 Kings 5:81 Kings 5:91 Kings 5:101 Kings 9:11 Kings 9:111 Kings 10:132 Kings 4:282 Chronicles 9:122 Chronicles 15:15Nehemiah 1:11Job 13:3Job 14:15Job 21:14Job 31:16Job 31:35Job 33:32Job 34:36Job 36:20Psalms 10:3Psalms 10:17Psalms 21:2Psalms 38:9Psalms 40:6Psalms 45:11Psalms 54:7Psalms 59:10Psalms 70:2Psalms 73:25Psalms 78:29Psalms 92:11Psalms 112:8Psalms 112:10Psalms 118:7Psalms 145:16Psalms 145:19Proverbs 3:15Proverbs 10:24Proverbs 11:23Proverbs 13:12Proverbs 13:19Proverbs 18:1Proverbs 19:22Proverbs 21:25Proverbs 23:6Proverbs 24:1Ecclesiastes 6:9Ecclesiastes 12:5Song of Solomon 7:10Isaiah 26:8Isaiah 53:2Jeremiah 22:27Jeremiah 42:22Jeremiah 44:14Ezekiel 24:16Ezekiel 24:21Ezekiel 24:25Daniel 2:18Daniel 11:37Hosea 10:10Amos 5:18Micah 7:3Habakkuk 2:5Haggai 2:7Mark 9:35Mark 10:35Mark 11:24Mark 15:8Luke 17:22Luke 20:46Luke 22:15Acts 23:20Acts 28:22Romans 10:1Romans 15:231 Corinthians 14:12 Corinthians 7:72 Corinthians 7:112 Corinthians 11:122 Corinthians 12:6Galatians 4:9Galatians 4:20Galatians 4:21Galatians 6:12Galatians 6:13Ephesians 3:13Philippians 1:23Philippians 4:17Colossians 1:91 Thessalonians 2:171 Timothy 3:1Hebrews 6:11Hebrews 11:16James 4:21 Peter 1:121 Peter 2:2Revelation 9:6
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Genesis2 occurrences
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2 versesNehemiah1 occurrence
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8 versesPsalms18 occurrences
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2 versesSong of Solomon1 occurrence
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2 versesHosea1 occurrence
1 verseAmos1 occurrence
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1 verseHaggai1 occurrence
1 verseMark4 occurrences
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1 verseHebrews2 occurrences
2 versesJames1 occurrence
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2 versesRevelation1 occurrence
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2 versesDeuteronomy4 occurrences
4 versesJudges1 occurrence
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1 verse1 Kings7 occurrences
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2 versesNehemiah1 occurrence
1 verseJob8 occurrences
8 versesPsalms18 occurrences
17 versesProverbs10 occurrences
10 versesEcclesiastes2 occurrences
2 versesSong of Solomon1 occurrence
1 verseIsaiah2 occurrences
2 versesJeremiah3 occurrences
3 versesEzekiel3 occurrences
3 versesDaniel2 occurrences
2 versesHosea1 occurrence
1 verseAmos1 occurrence
1 verseMicah1 occurrence
1 verseHabakkuk1 occurrence
1 verseHaggai1 occurrence
1 verseMark4 occurrences
4 versesLuke3 occurrences
3 versesActs2 occurrences
2 versesRomans2 occurrences
2 verses1 Corinthians1 occurrence
1 verse2 Corinthians4 occurrences
4 versesGalatians5 occurrences
5 versesEphesians1 occurrence
1 versePhilippians3 occurrences
2 versesColossians1 occurrence
1 verse1 Thessalonians1 occurrence
1 verse1 Timothy1 occurrence
1 verseHebrews2 occurrences
2 versesJames1 occurrence
1 verse1 Peter2 occurrences
2 versesRevelation1 occurrence
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