To will/desire

Usually translated “desiring”, “desire” and “do you desire”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

• desiring 10
• i desire 10
• do you desire 8
• wishing 8
• you desire 7
• desires 7
• shall desire 7
• i want 7

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

• Matthew 41
• Luke 27
• Mark 25
• John 21
• 1 Corinthians 17
• Acts 15

22 books in all.

• 1 Timothy 1:7In contextDesiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.
• 1 Timothy 2:4In contextWho will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
• 1 Timothy 5:11In contextBut the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry;
• Philemon 1:14In contextBut without thy mind would I do nothing; that thy benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly.
• 2 Peter 3:5In contextFor this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
• 3 John 1:13In contextI had many things to write, but I will not with ink and pen write unto thee:

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

How the English word “desiring” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.