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Desire (565 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Desire of all nations. (Haggai 2:7), usually interpreted
as a title of the Messiah. ... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. DESIRE. ...
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Soul's (12 Occurrences)
... Revelation 18:14 And the fruit of your soul's desire has gone from you, and all
things delicate and shining have come to an end and will never again be seen. ...
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Appetite (22 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) The desire for some personal gratification, either of the body or of the
mind. 2. (n.) Desire for, or relish of, food or drink; hunger. ...
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Covet (14 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession
of; -- used in a good sense. ... 3. (vi) To have or indulge inordinate desire. ...
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Meaningless (32 Occurrences)
... 2:11 Then I saw all the works which my hands had made, and everything I had been
working to do; and I saw that all was to no purpose and desire for wind, and ...
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Craving (19 Occurrences)
... (n.) A vehement or urgent desire; longing for; beseeching. ... (DBY NIV). Psalms 78:18
And they tempted God in their heart By asking food according to their desire. ...
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Concupiscence (3 Occurrences)
...Desire, Romans 7:8 (RV, "coveting"); Colossians 3:5 (RV, "desire"). ... Thus, our Lord
uses it to express the intensest desire of His soul (Luke 22:15). ...
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Please (324 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To have or take pleasure in; hence, to choose; to wish; to desire; to
will. ... However, not what I desire, but what you desire." (WEB). ...
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Conscious (93 Occurrences)
... (BBE). John 8:37 I am conscious that you are Abraham's seed; but you have a desire
to put me to death because my word has no place in you. (BBE). ...
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Covetousness (22 Occurrences)
... A strong desire after the possession of worldly things (Colossians 3:5; Ephesians
5:5; Hebrews 13:5; 1 Timothy 6:9, 10; Matthew 6:20). ... 1. (n.) Strong desire. ...
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Pine (28 Occurrences)
... 6. (vi) To languish with desire; to waste away with longing for something; -- usually
followed by for. 7. (n.) Any tree of the coniferous genus Pinus. ...
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Property (212 Occurrences)
... Matthew 19:21 Jesus said to him, If you have a desire to be complete, go, get money
for your property, and give it to the poor, and you will have wealth in ...
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Burning (415 Occurrences)
... (2) puroo, used twice, once in the sense of inflamed with sexual desire (1 Corinthians
7:9), "For it is better to marry than to burn" and in 2 Corinthians 11 ...
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All (60349 Occurrences)
... MO Evans. DESIRE OF ALL NATIONS. ... Furthermore, in what sense, it is asked, could
Christ, when He came, be said to be the desire of all nations? ...
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Delicate (32 Occurrences)
... Revelation 18:14 And the fruit of your soul's desire has gone from you, and all
things delicate and shining have come to an end and will never again be seen. ...
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Possible (133 Occurrences)
... a little, fell on his face, and prayed, saying, "My Father, if it is possible, let
this cup pass away from me; nevertheless, not what I desire, but what you ...
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Vote (3 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) An ardent wish or desire; a vow; a prayer.
2. (n.) A wish, choice, or opinion, of a person or ...
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Vehement (10 Occurrences)
... In the New Testament, "vehement desire" is (the King James Version) the translation
of epipothesis, "earnest desire" (2 Corinthians 7:11, the Revised Version ...
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Desireth (26 Occurrences)
... (KJV WBS). 1 Timothy 3:1 This is a true saying, If a man desire the office
of a bishop, he desireth a good work. (KJV ASV WBS YLT). ...
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Maschil (26 Occurrences)
... Maschil. Of the sons of Korah.> Like the desire of the roe for the water-streams,
so is my soul's desire for you, O God. (BBE JPS WBS). ...
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Prayed (97 Occurrences)
... a little, fell on his face, and prayed, saying, "My Father, if it is possible, let
this cup pass away from me; nevertheless, not what I desire, but what you ...
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Concern (35 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Concern (35 Occurrences). John 21:22 "If I desire him
to remain till I come," replied Jesus, "what concern is that of yours? ...
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Caperberry (1 Occurrence)
... 5 the Revised Version, margin): The translation "the caperberry shall fail" (the
Revised Version (British and American) "burst") instead of "desire shall fail ...
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Astrology
... as-trol'-o-ji: I. THE DESIRE TO FORECAST THE FUTURE 1. Methods of Soothsaying 2.
Divination 3. Looking in the Liver 4. The Astrologers, or Dividers of the ...
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Attacked (93 Occurrences)
... (BBE). Acts 28:22 But we have a desire to give hearing to your opinion: for as to
this form of religion, we have knowledge that in all places it is attacked. ...
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Ardent (7 Occurrences)
... 7:7 and not by his coming only, but also through the encouragement with which he
was encouraged as to you; relating to us your ardent desire, your mourning ...
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Another's (28 Occurrences)
... But I would not have had knowledge of sin but for the law: for I would not have
been conscious of desire if the law had not said, You may not have a desire for ...
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Anxiety (24 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) Eager desire. 3. (n.) A state of restlessness and agitation, often with
general indisposition and a distressing sense of oppression at the epigastrium. ...
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Prophesy (96 Occurrences)
... 1 Corinthians 14:1 Follow after love, and earnestly desire spiritual gifts, but
especially that you may prophesy. (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV). ...
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Satiate (3 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To satisfy the appetite or desire of; to feed to the full; to furnish enjoyment
to, to the extent of desire; to sate; as, to satiate appetite or sense. ...
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Diligence (31 Occurrences)
... according to God, how much diligence it wrought in you, but what excusing of yourselves,
but what indignation, but what fear, but what ardent desire, but what ...
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Sincere (18 Occurrences)
... what it appears to be; having a character which corresponds with the appearance;
not falsely assumed; genuine; true; real; as, a sincere desire for knowledge ...
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Cup (86 Occurrences)
... a little, fell on his face, and prayed, saying, "My Father, if it is possible, let
this cup pass away from me; nevertheless, not what I desire, but what you ...
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Seem (115 Occurrences)
... (Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). Acts 17:20 For you seem to
us to say strange things, and we have a desire to get the sense of them. (BBE) ...
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Passions (26 Occurrences)
... (See RSV). Ephesians 4:19 Who having no more power of feeling, have given themselves
up to evil passions, to do all unclean things with overmuch desire. (BBE). ...
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Constantly (47 Occurrences)
... Romans 7:19 For what I do is not the good thing that I desire to do; but the evil
thing that I desire not to do, is what I constantly do. (WEY). ...
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Practice (71 Occurrences)
... NIV). Romans 7:15 For I don't know what I am doing. For I don't practice what
I desire to do; but what I hate, that I do. (WEB). Romans ...
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Mercy (467 Occurrences)
... 145:9, "Yahweh is good to all; and his tender mercies are over all his works"; compare
145:16, "Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every ...
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Delighted (56 Occurrences)
... 1 Thessalonians 2:8 Even so, being full of loving desire for you, we took delight
in giving you not only God's good news, but even our lives, because you were ...
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Pleasure (331 Occurrences)
... of ratson, "delight," "acceptance," "good will" (Ezra 10:11 Nehemiah 9:37 Esther
1:8 Psalm 51:18; Psalm 103:21, etc.); nephesh, "soul," "desire" is translated ...
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Affection (30 Occurrences)
... English Bible: (1) In its literal sense: Lamentations 3:51, "Mine eye affecteth
my soul" (2) In the sense of "to endeavor after," "desire," "court": Galatians 4 ...
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Swallowed (43 Occurrences)
... 2 Corinthians 5:4 For indeed we who are in this tent do groan, being burdened; not
that we desire to be unclothed, but that we desire to be clothed, that what ...
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Desired (144 Occurrences)
... (imp. & pp) of Desire. ... 1 Kings 5:10 So Hiram gave Solomon timber of cedar and
timber of cypress according to all his desire. (See NAS RSV). ...
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Stomach (40 Occurrences)
... See Gastric. 2. (n.) The desire for food caused by hunger; appetite; as, a good
stomach for roast beef. 3. (n.) Hence appetite in general; inclination; desire. ...
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Suffering (104 Occurrences)
... my Father! all things are possible for Thee: take this cup of suffering away from
me: and yet not what I desire, but what Thou desirest." (WEY). ...
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Married (152 Occurrences)
... Romans 13:9 And this, Do not be untrue in married life, Do not put to death, Do
not take what is another's, Do not have desire for what is another's, and if ...
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Yours (226 Occurrences)
... It is my desire to give to this last just as much as to you. ... John 21:22 "If I desire
him to remain till I come," replied Jesus, "what concern is that of yours? ...
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Prepared (246 Occurrences)
... I desire not your money, but yourselves; for children ought not to put by
for their parents, but parents for their children. (WEY). ...
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Sense (195 Occurrences)
... Matthew 9:13 But go and take to heart the sense of these words, My desire is for
mercy, not offerings: for I have come not to get the upright, but sinners. ...
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Sinful (61 Occurrences)
... Romans 7:18 For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwells no good thing. For
desire is present with me, but I don't find it doing that which is good. ...
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Vanity (100 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) The quality or state of being vain; want of substance
to satisfy desire; emptiness; unsubstantialness; unrealness; falsity. ...
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Passion (82 Occurrences)
... excited; any emotion or sentiment (specifically, love or anger) in a state of abnormal
or controlling activity; an extreme or inordinate desire; also, the ...
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Conduct (93 Occurrences)
... (WEY). Romans 13:3 For rulers are not a terror to the good work, but to
the evil. Do you desire to have no fear of the authority? ...
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Stop (108 Occurrences)
... Mark 4:19 And the cares of this life, and the deceits of wealth, and the desire
for other things coming in, put a stop to the growth of the word, and it gives ...
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Decision (174 Occurrences)
... for he is a Galilaean. (BBE). Luke 23:24 And Pilate gave his decision for
their desire to be put into effect. (BBE). Luke 23:34 And ...
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Desires (151 Occurrences)
... Mark 8:34 And turning to the mass of people with his disciples, he said to them,
If any man has the desire to come after me, let him give up all other desires ...
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Position (189 Occurrences)
... 1 Corinthians 7:15 But if the one who is not a Christian has a desire to go away,
let it be so: the brother or the sister in such a position is not forced to ...
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Younger (39 Occurrences)
... 1 Timothy 5:11 But refuse younger widows, for when they have grown wanton against
Christ, they desire to marry; (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Quarreling (17 Occurrences)
... 12:20 For I am afraid that by any means, when I come, I might find you not the way
I want to, and that I might be found by you as you don't desire; that by any ...
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Vehemently (5 Occurrences)
... In the New Testament, "vehement desire" is (the King James Version) the translation
of epipothesis, "earnest desire" (2 Corinthians 7:11, the Revised Version ...
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Zealous (40 Occurrences)
... (WEB ASV). Galatians 4:17 They zealously seek you in no good way. No, they desire
to alienate you, that you may seek them. (Root in WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NIV) ...
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Boast (86 Occurrences)
... 2 Corinthians 11:12 But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from
them that desire an occasion, that in which they boast, they may be found ...
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Desirable (49 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (vt) Worthy of desire or longing; fitted to excite desire
or a wish to possess; pleasing; agreeable. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Dishonest (33 Occurrences)
... (YLT NAS NIV). Psalms 10:3 Because the wicked hath boasted Of the desire of his
soul, And a dishonest gainer he hath blessed, He hath despised Jehovah. (YLT). ...
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Disappointed (69 Occurrences)
... Romans 1:13 And I desire you to know, brethren, that I have many a time intended
to come to you--though until now I have been disappointed--in order that among ...
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Despising (25 Occurrences)
... 2 Peter 2:10 and chiefly those going behind the flesh in desire of uncleanness,
and lordship despising; presumptuous, self-complacent, dignities they are not ...
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Mischievous (13 Occurrences)
... And he does not stop there: he not only will not receive the brethren, but those
who desire to do this he hinders, and excludes them from the Church. (WEY). ...
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Mortal (35 Occurrences)
... 2 Corinthians 5:4 For indeed we who are in this tent do groan, being burdened; not
that we desire to be unclothed, but that we desire to be clothed, that what ...
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Passionate (6 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) Characterized by passion; expressing passion; ardent in feeling or desire;
vehement; warm; as, a passionate friendship. 3. (a.) Suffering; sorrowful. ...
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Promote (21 Occurrences)
... the Churches to travel with us, sharing our commission in the administration of
this generous gift to promote the Lord's glory and gratify our own strong desire...
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Plate (34 Occurrences)
... for you make clean the outside of the cup and of the plate, but inside they are
full of violent behaviour and uncontrolled desire. (BBE YLT RSV). ...
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Plans (55 Occurrences)
... 1 Chronicles 28:2 Then David the king got up and said, Give ear to me, my brothers
and my people; it was my desire to put up a house, a resting-place for the ...
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Providing (9 Occurrences)
... you have sent to me. I will do all your desire concerning timber of cedar,
and concerning timber of fir. (See NIV). 1 Kings 5:9 My ...
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Practise (52 Occurrences)
... John 7:17 If any one desire to practise his will, he shall know concerning the doctrine,
whether it is of God, or that I speak from myself. (DBY). ...
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Pleasing (185 Occurrences)
... John 5:30 Of myself I am unable to do anything: as the voice comes to me so I give
a decision: and my decision is right because I have no desire to do what is ...
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Burn (206 Occurrences)
... or emotion, as if on fire or excessively heated; to act or rage with destructive
violence; to be in a state of lively emotion or strong desire; as, the face ...
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Boasted (12 Occurrences)
... I will overtake. I will divide the spoil. My desire shall be satisfied on them.
I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.' (See NIV). ...
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Burdened (15 Occurrences)
... 2 Corinthians 5:4 For indeed we who are in this tent do groan, being burdened; not
that we desire to be unclothed, but that we desire to be clothed, that what ...
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Clothe (52 Occurrences)
... 2 Corinthians 5:4 For indeed we who are in this tent do groan, being burdened; not
that we desire to be unclothed, but that we desire to be clothed, that what ...
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