Desire in the Bible: 111 times in the King James Version | Thy Word is True

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desire KJV

“Desire” is in the King James Bible 111 times, in 109 verses. Jump to the verses ↓

תּאוה ta'ăvâh 14 times
θέλω, ἐθέλω thelō ethelō 9 times
חפץ chêphets 9 times
חפץ châphêts 6 times
αἰτέω aiteō 5 times
נפשׁ nephesh 5 times
ἐπιθυμέω epithumeō 4 times
אוה 'âvâh 4 times
חמד châmad 4 times
ἐπιθυμία epithumia 3 times
אוּה 'avvâh 3 times
חמדּה chemdâh 3 times
No Strong's number mostly supplied words 6 times

26 more, less often

מחמד machmâd 3 times
רצון רצן râtsôn râtsôn 3 times
שׁאל שׁאל shâ'al shâ'êl 3 times
תּשׁוּקה teshûqâh 3 times
ἐπιζητέω epizēteō 2 times
ἐπιπόθησις epipothēsis 2 times
ζηλόω zēloō 2 times
ὀρέγομαι oregomai 2 times
חפץ châphêts 2 times
ἀξιόω axioō 1 time
δέ de 1 time
ἐπιποθέω epipotheō 1 time
ἐπιποθία epipothia 1 time
ἐρωτάω erōtaō 1 time
εὐδοκία eudokia 1 time
אב 'âb 1 time
אבה 'âbeh 1 time
אביּונה 'ăbı̂yônâh 1 time
בּעא בּעה be‛â' be‛âh 1 time
בּקשׁ bâqash 1 time
חשׁק châshaq 1 time
חשׁק chêsheq 1 time
כּסף kâsaph 1 time
נשׂא נסה nâśâ' nâsâh 1 time
שׁאף shâ'aph 1 time
תּו tâv 1 time

2 verses in Ecclesiastes Show all

Ecclesiastes

6:9 Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
12:5 Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:

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