Bible Dictionary: Wishes

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Greek

1014. boulomai -- to will
... 1), like (1), planned (1), unwilling* (1), want (7), wanted (3), wanting (2), will
(1), willing (3), wills (3), wish (1), wished (1), wishes (1), wishing (3). ...
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2172. euchomai -- to pray
... 2172 ("pray, wish for") is used of wishes necessarily God-, unlike the meaning
associated with the stronger, prefixed cognate (4336, "pray"). ...
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4336. proseuchomai -- to pray
... 4336 (from 4314 , "towards, exchange" and 2172, "to wish, pray") -- properly, to
exchange wishes; -- literally, to the Lord by switching human (ideas) for as ...
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3803. pagis -- a trap, snare
... 3803 (from 4078 , " a trap") -- properly, a trap set for animals; (figuratively)
a that robs someone of their spiritual liberties (the Lord wishes to give). ...
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2309. thelo -- to will, wish
... 1), unwilling* (11), want (52), wanted (15), wanting (3), wants (8), will (5), willed
(1), willing (15), wills (4), wish (24), wished (7), wishes (16), wishing ...
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2307. thelema -- will
... Neuter Transliteration: thelema Phonetic Spelling: (thel'-ay-mah) Short Definition:
will, wish, desire Definition: an act of will, will; plur: wishes, desires. ...
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4335. proseuche -- prayer
... synagogue). Cognate: 4335 (from 4314 , "towards, exchange" and 2171, "a wish,
prayer") -- properly, exchange of wishes; . See 4335 (). ...
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Strong's Hebrew

6634. tseba -- to be inclined, desire, be pleased
... Word Origin (Aramaic) corresponding to tsaba Definition to be inclined, desire,
be pleased NASB Word Usage desired (1), will (1), wished (4), wishes (4). ...
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6310. peh -- mouth
... 1), spoken* (1), spokesman (1), talking* (1), taste (1), terms (2), told* (1),
two-edged (2), uniformly* (2), what they say (1), whenever (1), wishes (1), word ...
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2654a. chaphets -- to delight in
... any pleasure (1), have...delight (2), have...pleasure (1), pleased (6), pleases
(7), take pleasure (1), take...pleasure (2), wish (2), wished (1), wishes (1). ...
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5315. nephesh -- a soul, living being, life, self, person, desire ...
... 19), slave (1), some (1), soul (238), soul's (1), souls (12), strength (1), themselves
(6), thirst (1), throat (2), will (1), wish (1), wishes (1), yourself (11 ...
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4180. morash -- a possession
... Word Origin from yarash Definition a possession NASB Word Usage possession
(1), possessions (1), wishes (1). possession, thought. ...
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1350. gaal -- to redeem, act as kinsman
... to redeem (2), kinsman (2), redeem (22), redeemed (25), redeemer (1), Redeemer
(18), redeems (1), relative (2), relatives (1), rescue (1), wishes to redeem (1 ...
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Library

To Him who Wishes for Martyrdom.
... LXII."To Him Who Wishes for Martyrdom. Since, O son, thou desirest martyrdom,
hear. Be thou such as Abel was, or such as Isaac ...
/.../commodianus/the instructions of commodianus/lxii to him who wishes for.htm

Wants and Wishes in Prayer.
... ORIGINAL HYMNS HYMN LXIV. Wants and Wishes in Prayer. 8.6.8.6 James Montgomery.
Wants and Wishes in Prayer. What shall we ask of God in prayer? ...
/.../montgomery/sacred poems and hymns/hymn lxiv wants and wishes.htm

Of the Different Desires and Wishes which Exist in the Powers of ...
... II. Second Conference of Abbot Moses. Chapter XXXII. Of the different desires
and wishes which exist in the powers of the air. But ...
/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter xxxii of the different.htm

Mattidia Wishes to be Baptized.
... Homily XIII. Chapter V."Mattidia Wishes to Be Baptized. When she heard this, she
said: "What, then, prevents me from being baptized this day? ...
/.../unknown/the clementine homilies/chapter v mattidia wishes to be.htm

Peter Wishes to Convert Faustus.
... Homily XV. Chapter I."Peter Wishes to Convert Faustus. At break of day
our father, with our mother and his three sons, entered ...
/.../unknown/the clementine homilies/chapter i peter wishes to convert.htm

Simon Wishes to Discuss with Peter the Unity of God.
... Homily XVI. Chapter I."Simon Wishes to Discuss with Peter the Unity of God.
At break of day Peter went out, and reaching the place ...
/.../unknown/the clementine homilies/chapter i simon wishes to discuss.htm

He Wishes, Indeed, to Compare the Articles of Our Faith to those ...
... Chapter XVII. He wishes, indeed, to compare the articles of our faith
to those of the Egyptians� He wishes, indeed, to compare ...
/.../origen/origen against celsus/chapter xvii he wishes indeed.htm

He Wishes to have no Intercourse with those who Deny Divine Truth.
... Book XII. Chapter XVI."He Wishes to Have No Intercourse with Those Who
Deny Divine Truth. 23. With such as grant that all these ...
/.../augustine/the confessions and letters of st/chapter xvi he wishes to have.htm

Letter xi. --Good Wishes.
... ON THE ESTEEM FOR AND LOVE OF THIS VIRTUE. Letter XI."Good Wishes. ... Mutual good wishes
between souls who seek nothing but God alone. My very dear Sisters,. ...
/.../de caussade/abandonment to divine providence/letter xi good wishes.htm

Salutations and Good Wishes.
... Chapter V."Salutations and good wishes. Avoid those that deny the passion
of Christ, and His birth according to the flesh: and ...
/.../chapter v salutations and good wishes.htm

Thesaurus

Wishes (37 Occurrences)
...Wishes (37 Occurrences). Matthew 5:40 If any one wishes to go to law with you and
to deprive you of your under garment, let him take your outer one also. (WEY). ...
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Relationships (1 Occurrence)
... remoter ancestors. The wishes of a great-grandfather are respected long after
his death as the wishes of a father (Jeremiah 35:16). 2 ...
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Curse (211 Occurrences)
... that it is possible to enlist the support of the superhuman beings with whom the
universe abounds, and to persuade them to carry out the suppliant's wishes. ...
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Salute (48 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To address, as with expressions of kind
wishes and courtesy; to greet; to hail. 2. (vt) Hence, to ...
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Adonijah (28 Occurrences)
... Their personal loyalty to him no longer restrained them from following their
own ideas, even though these were contrary to his wishes. ...
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Wished (31 Occurrences)

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Zenas (1 Occurrence)
... a Jewish rabbi. 2. Paul's Wishes regarding Zenas: It is not certain where
Paul was when he wrote the Epistle to Titus. But he directs ...
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Owl (11 Occurrences)
... volume could be written on the eye of the owl, perhaps its most wonderful feature
being in the power of the bird to enlarge the iris if it wishes more distinct ...
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Outer (98 Occurrences)
... Outer (98 Occurrences). Matthew 5:40 If any one wishes to go to law with you and
to deprive you of your under garment, let him take your outer one also. (WEY). ...
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Joab (128 Occurrences)
... David sends ambassadors with his good wishes to Hanun on his ascending the throne
of the Ammonites; these are ill-treated, and war follows, David's troops ...
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Bible Concordance

Wishes (37 Occurrences)

Matthew 5:40 If any one wishes to go to law with you and to deprive you of your under garment, let him take your outer one also.
(WEY)

Matthew 16:24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
(See NAS)

Matthew 16:25 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it.
(See NAS)

Matthew 20:26 It shall not be so among you, but whoever desires to become great among you shall be your servant.
(See NAS)

Matthew 20:27 Whoever desires to be first among you shall be your bondservant,
(See NAS)

Mark 8:34 He called the multitude to himself with his disciples, and said to them, "Whoever wants to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
(See NAS)

Mark 8:35 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; and whoever will lose his life for my sake and the sake of the Good News will save it.
(See NAS)

Mark 9:35 Then sitting down He called the Twelve, and said to them, "If any one wishes to be first, he must be last of all and servant of all."
(WEY)

Mark 10:43 But it shall not be so among you, but whoever wants to become great among you shall be your servant.
(See NAS)

Mark 10:44 Whoever of you wants to become first among you, shall be bondservant of all.
(See NAS)

Luke 5:39 And no one having drunk old wine straightway wishes for new, for he says, The old is better.
(DBY NAS)

Luke 9:23 He said to all, "If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.
(See NAS)

Luke 9:24 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever will lose his life for my sake, the same will save it.
(See NAS)

John 3:8 The wind blows where it wants to, and you hear its sound, but don't know where it comes from and where it is going. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit."
(See NAS)

John 5:21 For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom he desires.
(See NAS)

John 12:26 If a man wishes to be my servant, let him follow me; and where I am, there too shall my servant be. If a man wishes to be my servant, the Father will honour him.
(WEY)

Acts 23:26 "Claudius Lysias to his Excellency, Felix the Governor: all good wishes.
(WEY)

1 Corinthians 7:36 But if any man thinks that he is behaving inappropriately toward his virgin, if she is past the flower of her age, and if need so requires, let him do what he desires. He doesn't sin. Let them marry.
(See NAS RSV)

1 Corinthians 7:39 A wife is bound by law for as long as her husband lives; but if the husband is dead, she is free to be married to whoever she desires, only in the Lord.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Ephesians 2:3 among whom also we all did walk once in the desires of our flesh, doing the wishes of the flesh and of the thoughts, and were by nature children of wrath -- as also the others,
(YLT)

Philemon 1:21 I write to you in the full confidence that you will meet my wishes, for I know you will do even more than I say.
(WEY)

James 1:1 James, a bondservant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ: to the twelve tribes who are scattered over the world. All good wishes.
(WEY)

James 4:4 You adulterers and adulteresses, don't you know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
(See NAS RSV)

1 Peter 3:10 For "He who wishes to be well-satisfied with life and see happy days-- let him restrain his tongue from evil, and his lips from deceitful words;
(WEY)

Revelation 22:17 The Spirit and the bride say, "Come!" He who hears, let him say, "Come!" He who is thirsty, let him come. He who desires, let him take the water of life freely.
(See NAS NIV)

Genesis 24:57 They said, "We will call the young lady, and ask her."
(See NAS)

Leviticus 27:13 But if he will indeed redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part of it to its valuation.
(See RSV NIV)

Leviticus 27:15 If he who dedicates it will redeem his house, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of your valuation to it, and it shall be his.
(See RSV)

Leviticus 27:19 And if he that sanctified the field will in any wise redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be assured to him.
(See RSV NIV)

Leviticus 27:31 If a man redeems anything of his tithe, he shall add a fifth part to it.
(See NAS RSV)

Numbers 15:14 If a stranger lives as a foreigner with you, or whoever may be among you throughout your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to Yahweh; as you do, so he shall do.
(See NAS RSV)

Deuteronomy 21:14 It shall be, if you have no delight in her, then you shall let her go where she will; but you shall not sell her at all for money, you shall not deal with her as a slave, because you have humbled her.
(See NAS NIV)

1 Kings 5:9 My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon to the sea. I will make them into rafts to go by sea to the place that you shall appoint me, and will cause them to be broken up there, and you shall receive them. You shall accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household."
(See RSV)

Job 17:11 My days are past, my plans are broken off, as are the thoughts of my heart.
(See NAS)

Proverbs 21:1 The king's heart in the hands of the Lord is like the water streams, and by him it is turned in any direction at his pleasure.
(See NAS)

Daniel 4:32 and you shall be driven from men; and your dwelling shall be with the animals of the field; you shall be made to eat grass as oxen; and seven times shall pass over you; until you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever he will.
(See NAS NIV)

Daniel 5:21 and he was driven from the sons of men, and his heart was made like the animals', and his dwelling was with the wild donkeys; he was fed with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of the sky; until he knew that the Most High God rules in the kingdom of men, and that he sets up over it whomever he will.
(See NAS NIV)

Subtopics

Wishes

Related Terms

Relationships (1 Occurrence)

Curse (211 Occurrences)

Salute (48 Occurrences)

Adonijah (28 Occurrences)

Wished (31 Occurrences)

Zenas (1 Occurrence)

Owl (11 Occurrences)

Outer (98 Occurrences)

Joab (128 Occurrences)