5 occurrences
'Desires' in the Bible
The righteousness of the upright will deliver them, but the faithless will be captured by their own desires.
The wicked person desires a stronghold, but the righteous root endures.
One who has isolated himself seeks his own desires; he rejects all sound judgment.
The appetite of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor is shown no favor in his eyes.
What the sluggard desires will kill him, for his hands refuse to work.
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Desire (651 instances)
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Root Form
Definition
Usage
ἐπιποθέω
Epipotheo
Epipotheo
greatly desire , long , earnestly desire , long after , greatly long after , lust , desire , longed after
Usage: 9
שׁאף
Sha'aph
Sha'aph
Usage: 14
אב
'ab
'ab
Usage: 1214
או או
'ow
'ow
Usage: 320
בּקשׁ
Baqash
Baqash
seek , require , request , seek out , enquired , besought , ask , sought for , begging , desire , get , inquisition , procureth
Usage: 225
חפץ
Chaphets
Chaphets
Usage: 76
חפץ
Chaphets
Chaphets
Usage: 10
חפץ
Chephets
Chephets
Usage: 39
נפשׁ
Nephesh
Nephesh
soul , life , person , mind , heart , creature , body , himself , yourselves , dead , will , desire , man , themselves , any , appetite ,
Usage: 753
רצן רצון
Ratsown
Ratsown
Usage: 56
שׁאל שׁאל
Sha'al
Sha'al
Usage: 172
ζηλόω
Zeloo
Zeloo
Usage: 10
θέλω ἐθέλω
thelo
thelo
Usage: 136