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
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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.
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