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Wish (141 Occurrences)
... 7. (n.) A thing desired; an object of desire. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia.
WISH. wish: The word appears both as a substantive ...
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Will (64996 Occurrences)
... 4. (v.) Strong wish or inclination; desire; purpose. 5. (v.) That which is strongly
wished or desired. ... 8. (adv.) To wish; to desire; to incline to have. ...
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Desire (565 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To long for; to wish for earnestly; to covet. 2. (vt) To express a wish
for; to entreat; to request. ... 6. (n.) An expressed wish; a request; petition. ...
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Wished (31 Occurrences)
... (imp. & pp) of Wish. ... Philemon 1:13 whom I did wish to retain to myself, that in thy
behalf he might minister to me in the bonds of the good news, (See NAS). ...
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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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Farewell (13 Occurrences)
... I bid you farewell. 2. (n.) A wish of happiness or welfare at parting;
the parting compliment; a good-by; adieu. 3. (n.) Act of ...
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Curse (211 Occurrences)
... When a curse is pronounced against any person, we are not to understand this as
a mere wish, however violent, that disaster should overtake the person in ...
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Law (670 Occurrences)
... evil likely to be incurred by disobedience, he thus summarizes: "The ideas or notions
comprehended by the term command are the following: (1) a wish or desire ...
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Try (84 Occurrences)
... endeavor. 11. (vi) To exert strength; to endeavor; to make an effort or
an attempt; as, you must try hard if you wish to learn. 12. ...
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Dread (69 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 28:67 In the morning you shall say, "I wish it were evening!" and at
evening you shall say, "I wish it were morning!" for the fear of your heart ...
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Mistress (20 Occurrences)
... 1 Timothy 5:14 I wish, therefore, younger ones to marry, to bear children, to be
mistress of the house, to give no occasion to the opposer to reviling; (YLT). ...
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Pleasure (331 Occurrences)
... denial, etc. 3. (n.) What the will dictates or prefers as gratifying or
satisfying; hence, will; choice; wish; purpose. 4. (n.) That ...
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Bless (174 Occurrences)
... favor to. 3. (vt) To express a wish or prayer for the happiness of; to
invoke a blessing upon; -- applied to persons. 4. (vt) To ...
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Anathema (6 Occurrences)
... Christ, has occasioned much difficulty. The apostle here does not speak
of his wish as a possible thing. It is simply a vehement ...
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Hail (42 Occurrences)
... A salutation expressive of a wish for the welfare of the person addressed; the
translation of the Greek Chaire, "Rejoice" (Luke 1:8). Used in mockery in ...
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Fill (126 Occurrences)
... Exodus 16:3 and the children of Israel said to them, "We wish that we had died by
the hand of Yahweh in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the meat pots, when ...
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Ourselves (129 Occurrences)
... Mark 10:35 And there come near to him James and John, the sons of Zebedee, saying,
'Teacher, we wish that whatever we may ask for ourselves, thou mayest do for ...
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Already (171 Occurrences)
... Luke 12:49 "I came to throw fire on the earth. I wish it were already kindled. ... Yes,
and I wish that you did reign, that we also might reign with you. ...
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Forward (252 Occurrences)
... set forward"); proballo, "to throw or put forward" (Acts 19:33, "putting him forward");
as adjective it is the translation of thelo, "to wish," "will" (2 ...
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Bringing (288 Occurrences)
... (WEY). Acts 17:20 for certain strange things thou dost bring to our ears? we wish,
then, to know what these things would wish to be;' (See NAS NIV). ...
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Passing (177 Occurrences)
... (WEY). Mark 9:30 And having gone forth thence, they were passing through
Galilee, and he did not wish that any may know, (YLT). Mark ...
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Sake (241 Occurrences)
... (WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS RSV). Mark 6:26 The king was exceedingly sorry, but for the
sake of his oaths, and of his dinner guests, he didn't wish to refuse her. ...
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Regard (230 Occurrences)
... Acts 25:20 and I, doubting in regard to the question concerning this, said, If he
would wish to go on to Jerusalem, and there to be judged concerning these ...
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Request (248 Occurrences)
... Mark 10:35 Then James and John, the sons of Zabdi, came up to Him and said, "Rabbi,
we wish you would grant us whatever request we make of you." (WEY BBE). ...
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Ashamed (131 Occurrences)
... Or do you wish to show your contempt for the Church of God and make those who have
no homes feel ashamed? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? ...
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Balaam (62 Occurrences)
... out of the mountains of the east," to curse them; but by the remarkable interposition
of God he was utterly unable to fulfil Balak's wish, however desirous he ...
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Yes (511 Occurrences)
... You have already become rich. You have come to reign without us. Yes, and I wish
that you did reign, that we also might reign with you. (WEB WEY). ...
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Cut (616 Occurrences)
... (WEY BBE NIV). Romans 9:3 For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ
for my brothers' sake, my relatives according to the flesh, (See RSV NIV). ...
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Kind (290 Occurrences)
... (WEY). 1 Corinthians 7:7 Yet I wish that all men were like me. However each man
has his own gift from God, one of this kind, and another of that kind. (WEB RSV) ...
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Health (49 Occurrences)
... pain. 2. (n.) A wish of health and happiness, as in pledging a person in
a toast. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. HEALTH. helth ...
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Virginity (12 Occurrences)
... for the husband of her youth," but the word is probably due to a wish to allude
to the title "virgin daughter of Zion" (the translation "a betrothed maiden" is ...
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Volition
... vo-lish'-un ('abhah, ratson; thelo) boulomai, thelema: "Will" as noun and verb,
transitive and intrans, carries in it the idea of "wish," "purpose," "volition ...
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Zabdi (17 Occurrences)
... Mark 10:35 Then James and John, the sons of Zabdi, came up to Him and said, "Rabbi,
we wish you would grant us whatever request we make of you." (WEY). ...
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Zeb'edee (11 Occurrences)
... Mark 10:35 And there come near to him James and John, the sons of Zebedee, saying,
'Teacher, we wish that whatever we may ask for ourselves, thou mayest do for ...
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Kindled (83 Occurrences)
... Kindled (83 Occurrences). Luke 12:49 "I came to throw fire on the earth. I wish
it were already kindled. (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Kinsmen (74 Occurrences)
... Romans 9:3 For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren,
my kinsmen according to the flesh: (KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV). ...
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None (573 Occurrences)
... to me by my Father, and none doth know the Son, except the Father, nor doth any
know the Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son may wish to reveal 'Him ...
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Nazirite (10 Occurrences)
... as well known. The Talmud tells us that it was only necessary for one
to express the wish that he might be a Nazirite. A formal ...
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Unbelieving (22 Occurrences)
... 1 Corinthians 10:27 and if any one of the unbelieving do call you, and ye wish to
go, all that is set before you eat, nothing inquiring, because of the ...
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Unwilling (30 Occurrences)
... (See NAS). Mark 6:26 The king was exceedingly sorry, but for the sake of his oaths,
and of his dinner guests, he didn't wish to refuse her. (See NAS). ...
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Utmost (21 Occurrences)
... shadow of death. (DBY). Job 34:36 I wish that Job were tried to the end, because
of his answering like wicked men. (See NIV). Psalms 48 ...
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Ono (5 Occurrences)
... in their attempts to deter Nehemiah from rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem, Sanballat
and Tobiah resorted to strategem, and pretending to wish a conference ...
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Onesiphorus (2 Occurrences)
... If this is so-but certainty is impossible-the apostle's words in regard to him would
be a pious wish, which has nothing in common with the abuses which have ...
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Oh (164 Occurrences)
... (interj.) An exclamation expressing various emotions, according to the tone and
manner, especially surprise, pain, sorrow, anxiety, or a wish. ...
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Oaths (49 Occurrences)
... Mark 6:26 The king was exceedingly sorry, but for the sake of his oaths,
and of his dinner guests, he didn't wish to refuse her. ...
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Opposer (1 Occurrence)
... 1 Timothy 5:14 I wish, therefore, younger ones to marry, to bear children, to be
mistress of the house, to give no occasion to the opposer to reviling; (YLT). ...
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Jaw (6 Occurrences)
... of the ultimate check of the Assyrian power at Jerusalem, "as when a bridle or lasso
is thrown upon the jaws of a wild animal when you wish to catch and tame ...
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Jealous (43 Occurrences)
... sake? I wish that all Yahweh's people were prophets, that Yahweh would put
his Spirit on them!" (WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV NIV). Numbers ...
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Jawbone (3 Occurrences)
... of the ultimate check of the Assyrian power at Jerusalem, "as when a bridle or lasso
is thrown upon the jaws of a wild animal when you wish to catch and tame ...
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Long (2810 Occurrences)
... 17. (v.) To feel a strong or morbid desire or craving; to wish for something with
eagerness; -- followed by an infinitive, or by after or for. 18. ...
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Lip (20 Occurrences)
... "To refrain the lips" (Psalm 40:9 Proverbs 10:19) means to keep silence,
where the godless or unwise would wish to assert his rights. ...
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Likeness (52 Occurrences)
... It would have been better if Deuteronomy 25:7, 8, "like not to take," had been modified
also into "hath no wish to take." From this use of "like" is derived ...
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Liking (2 Occurrences)
... It would have been better if Deuteronomy 25:7, 8, "like not to take," had been modified
also into "hath no wish to take." From this use of "like" is derived ...
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Liken (12 Occurrences)
... It would have been better if Deuteronomy 25:7, 8, "like not to take," had been modified
also into "hath no wish to take." From this use of "like" is derived ...
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Longing (40 Occurrences)
... & vb. n.) of Long. 2. (n.) An eager desire; a craving; a morbid appetite; an earnest
wish; an aspiration. Multi-Version Concordance Longing (40 Occurrences). ...
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List (17 Occurrences)
... A variant of "lust" (see LUST), meaning "to wish," found in the King James Version
of Matthew 17:12 parallel Mark 9:13 John 3:8, as translation of thelo, and ...
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Girdle (44 Occurrences)
... way you chose, when you have grown old you will stretch out your arms and some one
else will put a girdle round you and carry you where you have no wish to go ...
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Godspeed
... The injunction does not imply any breach of charity, since it would not be right
to wish anyone success in advocating what was believed to be false and harmful ...
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Grow (139 Occurrences)
... way you chose, when you have grown old you will stretch out your arms and some one
else will put a girdle round you and carry you where you have no wish to go ...
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Grown (77 Occurrences)
... way you chose, when you have grown old you will stretch out your arms and some one
else will put a girdle round you and carry you where you have no wish to go ...
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Grant (87 Occurrences)
... Mark 10:35 Then James and John, the sons of Zabdi, came up to Him and said, "Rabbi,
we wish you would grant us whatever request we make of you." (WEY). ...
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Guests (43 Occurrences)
... Mark 6:26 The king was exceedingly sorry, but for the sake of his oaths, and of
his dinner guests, he didn't wish to refuse her. (WEB WEY NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Well (2882 Occurrences)
... numbers. 17. (vt) In such manner as is desirable; so as one could wish;
satisfactorily; favorably; advantageously; conveniently. 18. ...
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Wishing (25 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wish. 2. (a. & n.) from
Wish. Multi-Version Concordance Wishing (25 Occurrences). ...
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Whereas (55 Occurrences)
... way you chose, when you have grown old you will stretch out your arms and some one
else will put a girdle round you and carry you where you have no wish to go ...
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Wisest (2 Occurrences)

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Want (607 Occurrences)
... in summer we want cooling breezes. 7. (vt) To feel need of; to wish or
long for; to desire; to crave. 8. (vi) To be absent; to be ...
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Woman's (20 Occurrences)
... 1 Corinthians 11:3 But I wish you to know that the Christ is the head of every man,
but woman's head is the man, and the Christ's head God. (DBY). ...
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Whichever (8 Occurrences)
... way you chose, when you have grown old you will stretch out your arms and some one
else will put a girdle round you and carry you where you have no wish to go ...
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Indulge (12 Occurrences)
... or in pleasure. 4. (vt) To grant as by favor; to bestow in concession, or
in compliance with a wish or request. 5. (vi) To indulge ...
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Immaculate
... There is every reason to believe that one of the major motives to the entire
transaction was the wish, on the part of Pius and his advisers, to make an ...
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Imprisonment (15 Occurrences)
... Philemon 1:13 It was my wish to keep him at my side for him to attend to my wants,
as your representative, during my imprisonment for the Good News. ...
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Inquiring (23 Occurrences)
... 1 Corinthians 10:27 and if any one of the unbelieving do call you, and ye wish to
go, all that is set before you eat, nothing inquiring, because of the ...
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Inclined (23 Occurrences)
... 2. (pp & a.) Having a leaning or tendency towards, or away from, a thing; disposed
or moved by wish, desire, or judgment; as, a man inclined to virtue. ...
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Favor (184 Occurrences)
... 10. (n.) Love locks. 11. (n.) To regard with kindness; to support; to aid, or to
have the disposition to aid, or to wish success to; to be propitious to; to ...
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Foolishness (30 Occurrences)
... 2 Corinthians 11:1 I wish that you would bear with me in a little foolishness,
but indeed you do bear with me. (WEB ASV NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Fatness (17 Occurrences)
... (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV). Psalms 73:7 Their eyes stand out with fatness:
they have more than heart could wish. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV). ...
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Fain (6 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) Satisfied; contented; also, constrained. 3. (adv.) With joy; gladly. 4.
(vt & i.) To be glad ; to wish or desire. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. FAIN ...
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Forwardness (2 Occurrences)
... set forward"); proballo, "to throw or put forward" (Acts 19:33, "putting him forward");
as adjective it is the translation of thelo, "to wish," "will" (2 ...
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