Qualifications for Elders


3713 - DESIRE / REACHING FOR

3713 oregomai (or-eg'-om-ahee)
middle voice of apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary
AV-desire 2, covet after 1; 3
1) to stretch one's self out in order to touch or to grasp something, to reach after or desire something
2) to give one's self up to the love of money
NEW TESTAMENT USAGE

1 Timothy 3:1 This is a true saying, If a man desire <3713> the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.

1 Timothy 6:10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after <3713>, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

Hebrews 11:16 But now they desire <3713> a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.