'Longed' in the Bible

Now you have indeed gone away because you longed greatly for your father’s house; but why did you steal my gods?”

But his soul longed for and clung to Dinah daughter of Jacob, and he loved the girl and spoke comfortingly to her young heart’s wishes.

It was quite a long time -- some twenty years in all -- that the ark stayed at Kiriath Jearim. All the people of Israel longed for the Lord.

And the soul of king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.

Now Joab son of Zeruiah realized that the king longed to see Absalom.

And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!

And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, that is at the gate!

A Psalm of David, in his being in the wilderness of Judah. O God, Thou art my God, earnestly do I seek Thee, Thirsted for Thee hath my soul, Longed for Thee hath my flesh, In a land dry and weary, without waters.

When he struck them down, they sought his favor; they turned back and longed for God.

My soul longed and even yearned for the courts of the Lord;My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.

They rejoiced when the waves grew quiet.Then He guided them to the harbor they longed for.

Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.

I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.

I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my delight.

The Beloved about Her Lover: All night long on my bed I longed for my lover. I longed for him but he never appeared.

And as for my heart, horror has terrified me; the twilight I longed for has started to make me tremble.

But I have not run away from being Your shepherd,and I have not longed for the fatal day.You know my words were spoken in Your presence.

Thus you longed for the lewdness of your youth, when the Egyptians handled your bosom because of the breasts of your youth.

He will not show regard for the gods of his fathers, the god longed for by women, or for any other god, because he will magnify himself above all.

For I assure you: Many prophets and righteous people longed to see the things you see yet didn’t see them; to hear the things you hear yet didn’t hear them.

"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would have none of it!

For I tell you that many prophets and kings longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it."

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would have none of it!

He longed to eat his fill from the carob pods the pigs were eating, but no one would give him any.

He longed to be filled with what fell from the rich man’s table, but instead the dogs would come and lick his sores.

He said to them, "Earnestly have I longed to eat this Passover with you before I suffer;

But now, with no further place for work in these regions, and since I have longed for many years to come to you—

For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick.

Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved.

The ripe fruits and delicacies of your soul’s desire have gone from you, and all things that were luxurious and extravagant are lost to you, never again to be found.