'Longed' in the Bible

Now I understand that you have gone away because you longed desperately for your father's house. Yet why did you steal my gods?"

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.

The king longed to go to Absalom, for he had since been consoled over the death of Amnon.

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

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

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

For I tell you the truth, many prophets and righteous people 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!

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!

who longed to eat what fell from the rich man's table. In addition, the dogs came and licked his sores.