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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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Psalms 107:30
Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.
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1611 witness · Psalms 107:30 · retained source text

Then are they glad, because they be quiet: so he bringeth them vnto their desired hauen.

Psalms 132:13
For the Lord hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.
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1611 witness · Psalms 132:13 · retained source text

For the LORD hath chosen Zion: he hath desired it for his habitation.

Psalms 132:14
This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.
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1611 witness · Psalms 132:14 · retained source text

This is my rest for euer: here will I dwell, for I haue desired it.

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.

Ecclesiastes 2:10
And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.
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1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 2:10 · retained source text

And whatsoeuer mine eyes desired, I kept not from them; I withheld not my heart from any ioy: for my heart reioyced in all my labour; and this was my portion of all my labour.

Isaiah 1:29
For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 1:29 · retained source text

For they shall be ashamed of the okes which yee haue desired, and yee shalbe confounded for the gardens that yee haue chosen.

Isaiah 26:9
With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 26:9 · retained source text

With my soule haue I desired thee in the night, yea with my spirit within me will I seeke thee early: for when thy iudgements are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learne righteousnesse.

Jeremiah 17:16
As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was right before thee.
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 17:16 · retained source text

As for me, I haue not hastened from being a pastour to follow thee, neither haue I desired the wofull day, thou knowest: that which came out of my lips, was right before thee.

1611 marginal noteHeb. after thee.

1611 marginal noteChap.1.4, &c.

Daniel 2:16
Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him time, and that he would shew the king the interpretation.
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1611 witness · Daniel 2:16 · retained source text

Then Daniel went in and desired of the King, that hee would giue him time, and that he would shew the king the interpretation.

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Wished for; coveted; requested; entreated.

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