KJV dictionary & concordance

wishing

Meaning of “wishing”

Desiring, longing for, or expressing a desire for something.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828

1 occurrence1 verse1 bookKJV PCE

First occurrence: Job 31:30

Complete exact-word concordance

KJV PCE

Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Job 31:30 · retained source text

(Neither haue I suffered my mouth to sinne by wishing a curse to his soule.)

1611 marginal noteHeb. my palate.

Source order

1 · KJV context and cross-references

Historical English dictionary sources

Desiring.

Webster 1828 facsimile, volume 2, leaf 936