13 occurrences

'Wish' in the Bible

And he said, "Please, Lord, do send {anyone else whom you wish to send}."

Verse ConceptsIndecisionAaron, PositionDifferent PersonGod Sending Prophets

Then Jonathan said to David, "{Whatever you wish}, I will do for you."

Verse ConceptsPeople Willing

And Haman came, and the king said to him, "What [is] to be done for the man whom the king wishes to honor?" And Haman thought to himself, "Whom would the king wish to honor more than me?"

Verse ConceptsSelfishness, Examples OfPraising Specific PeopleSelf Love

{How I wish that you were my little brother}, [who] nursed {upon my mother's breasts}! [If] {I met you outside}, I would kiss you, {and no one would despise me}!

Verse ConceptsSibling Lovebreasts

Assemble, all of you, and hear! Who among them declared these [things]? Yahweh loves him; he shall perform his wish against Babylon and his arm [against] {the Chaldeans}.

Verse ConceptsAliancesGuidance, God's Promises OfPredestinationBabylon DestroyedPredicting The Future

"I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish that it had been kindled already!

Verse ConceptsInward FireThe Universe DestroyedFire Of Christdivision

But if it is questions concerning a word and names and {your own law}, see to [it] yourselves! I do not wish to be a judge of these [things]."

Verse ConceptsNot Judging

I wish all people could be like myself, but each one has his own gift from God, one in this way and another in that way.

Verse ConceptsGiving, Of TalentsSinglenessCelibacyDifferent ThingsLike People In Characterthe Gifts of GodPurityGifts And TalentsBeing Single

I wish that you would put up with me {in something a little foolish}--but indeed you are putting up with me.

Verse ConceptsFolly, Examples OfHope, Nature OfFoolish PeopleBe Patient!patients

But I could wish to be present with you now, and to change my tone because I am perplexed about you.

Verse ConceptsAffection, ExpressingPuzzlementIn Men's PresenceBeing Different

These have the authority to shut the sky, so that {it does not rain} during the days of their prophecy. And they have authority over the waters, to turn them to blood, and to strike the earth with every plague as often as they wish.

Verse ConceptsBlood, Miracles Connected WithPlaguesRainSkyTurned To BloodLack Of RainAuthority Of DisciplesThe Two WitnessesWeather In The Last DaysweatherempowermentGod Controlling The Rain

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
εὔχομαι 
Euchomai 
wish , pray , can wish , I would
Usage: 7

חפץ 
Chaphets 
Usage: 10

משׂכּית 
Maskiyth 
Usage: 6