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Every Hebrew and Greek lemma in Scripture — 13,665 words across 435,348 occurrences. Open Refine to search, filter, or jump by letter.
“desire”
21 words
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θέλω
thelō
to will/desire
208×
θέλημα
thelēma
will/desire
62×
ἐπιθυμία
epithumia
desire
38×
אָוָה
a.vah
to desire
28×
חָמַד
cha.mad
to desire
21×
תַּאֲוָה
ta.a.vah
desire
21×
חֶמְדָּה
chem.dah
desire
16×
הַוָּה
hav.vah
desire
16×
מַחְמָד
mach.mad
desire
13×
חָשַׁק
cha.shaq
to desire
8×
אַוָּה
av.vah
desire
7×
חֵ֫שֶׁק
che.sheq
desire
4×
תְּשׁוּקָה
te.shu.qah
desire
3×
אֲבִיּוֹנָה
a.viy.yo.nah
desire
1×
ἐπιθυμητής
epithumētēs
one who desires
1×
καταστρηνιάω
katastrēniaō
to desire
1×
מַאֲוַי
ma.a.vay
desire
1×
אוֹ
o
desire
1×
ἐπιθύμημα
epithumēma
desire
0×
ἱμείρω
himeirō, himeiromai
to desire
0×
στέργω
stergō
to desire
0×