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desired

Meaning of “desired”

Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of desire, meaning to wish for, long for, request, or take pleasure in.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
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First occurrence: Genesis 3:6

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Proverbs 8:11
For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
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1611 witness · Proverbs 8:11 · retained source text

For wisedome is better then rubies: and all the things that may be desired, are not to be compared to it.

1611 marginal noteIob 28.15 psal.19.11. Chap.3.15. & 16.16.

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Wished for; coveted; requested; entreated.

volume 1, leaf 571, column 3 (main_dictionary)