KJV dictionary & concordance
Present-participial or verbal-noun form of desire, meaning to wish for, long for, request, or take pleasure in.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Matthew 12:46
Complete exact-word concordance
And it was told him by certain which said, Thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to see thee.
And it was told him by certaine which saide, Thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to see thee.
And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
And desiring to bee fed with the crummes which fel from the rich mans table: moreouer the dogges came and licked his sores.
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Historical English dictionary sources
Wishing for; coveting.
