Bible Dictionary: Yearns

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Greek

1937. epithumeo -- desire, lust after
... from 1909 , "focused " intensifying 2372 , "passionate desire") -- properly, to
show as it aptly builds on (Gk , "upon") what a person truly yearns for; to ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1937.htm - 8k

Strong's Hebrew

3642. kamah -- to faint
... to faint. Transliteration: kamah Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-mah) Short Definition:
yearns. Word Origin a prim. root Definition to faint NASB Word Usage yearns (1). ...
/hebrew/3642.htm - 5k

1993. hamah -- to murmur, growl, roar, be boisterous
... uproar (2), making such an uproar (1), mourning (1), murmur (1), noisy (1), pounding
(1), roar (5), roar like the roaring (1), roars (2), wails (2), yearns (1 ...
/hebrew/1993.htm - 6k

Library

Question of the Contemplative Life
... For this reason S. Gregory[317] makes the contemplative life consist in the love
of God, since from love of God a man yearns to look upon His beauty. ...
/.../on prayer and the contemplative life/question clxxx of the contemplative.htm

Come and Welcome
... I am longing to see sinners brought to Christ, my heart yearns after the multitude
of men who see no beauty in him that they should desire him. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 5 1859/come and welcome.htm

True Hearing
... When God sees that we are indeed His son, He yearns after us, and in the depth of
His Divine Being waves of longing break forth, to reveal to us the abyss of ...
//christianbookshelf.org/eckhart/meister eckharts sermons/iv true hearing.htm

The Privilege of Prayer
... What can the angels of heaven think of poor helpless human beings, who are subject
to temptation, when God's heart of infinite love yearns toward them, ready ...
//christianbookshelf.org/white/steps to christ/chapter 11 the privilege of.htm

Jesus' Conditions of Friendship.
... unto thee; thou shalt take Of that communion through the solemn depths Of the dark
waters of thine agony, With heart that praises him, that yearns to him The ...
/.../miller/personal friendships of jesus/chapter iv jesus conditions of.htm

Repentance,
... Your heart yearns over him every day; you pray for him night and day; you dream
of him by night; your bowels yearn over your son, and you say, with David ...
//christianbookshelf.org/booth/godliness/chapter i repentance.htm

Certain Other Divine Precepts the Apostolic Description of Charity ...
... which makes it lawful, whether for husband or wife, to persist in the perpetual
observance of widowhood), [9141] she [9142] waits for, she yearns for, she ...
/.../tertullian/of patience/chapter xii certain other divine precepts.htm

Daily Bread
... A mother would convey to her little daughter some full sense of the motherly
feeling that yearns within her, but how can it be done? ...
//christianbookshelf.org/merriam/the chief end of man/v daily bread.htm

Joseph
... corn, and how they find him lord of all the land"how subtilly he tries them to see
if they have repented of their old sin"how his heart yearns over them in ...
/.../kingsley/the gospel of the pentateuch/sermon vii joseph.htm

The Wine of Prayer
... My heart longs, yea yearns, for that nearness to God in prayer that will draw out
my soul in mighty petitions for others, especially for the suffering and the ...
/.../berry/adventures in the land of canaan/chapter twelve the wine of.htm

Thesaurus

Yearns (8 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Yearns (8 Occurrences). ... James 4:5 Or do you think that
the Scripture says in vain, "The Spirit who lives in us yearns jealously"? ...
/y/yearns.htm - 8k

Third (192 Occurrences)
... Matthew 15:32 But Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, "My heart yearns over
this mass of people, for it is now the third day that they have been with ...
/t/third.htm - 39k

Year-old (6 Occurrences)
Year-old. Yearns, Year-old. Years . Multi-Version Concordance Year-old (6
Occurrences). ... (See NIV). Yearns, Year-old. Years . Reference Bible.
/y/year-old.htm - 8k

Yearnings (1 Occurrence)

/y/yearnings.htm - 6k

Unwilling (30 Occurrences)
... Matthew 15:32 But Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, "My heart yearns over
this mass of people, for it is now the third day that they have been with ...
/u/unwilling.htm - 14k

Jealously (1 Occurrence)
... Jealously (1 Occurrence). James 4:5 Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain,
"The Spirit who lives in us yearns jealously"? (WEB WEY NAS RSV). ...
/j/jealously.htm - 6k

Road (155 Occurrences)
... Matthew 15:32 But Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, "My heart yearns over
this mass of people, for it is now the third day that they have been with ...
/r/road.htm - 37k

Darling (13 Occurrences)
... for as often as I speak against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore
my heart yearns for him; I will surely have mercy on him, says Yahweh. ...
/d/darling.htm - 10k

Mass (65 Occurrences)
... Matthew 15:32 But Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, "My heart yearns over
this mass of people, for it is now the third day that they have been with ...
/m/mass.htm - 27k

Caused (468 Occurrences)
... James 4:5 Or do you suppose that it is to no purpose that the Scripture says, "The
Spirit which He has caused to dwell in our hearts yearns jealously over us"? ...
/c/caused.htm - 37k

Bible Concordance

Yearns (8 Occurrences)

Matthew 15:32 But Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, "My heart yearns over this mass of people, for it is now the third day that they have been with me and they have nothing to eat. I am unwilling to send them away hungry, lest they should faint on the road."
(WEY)

Mark 8:2 "My heart yearns over the people," He said; "for this is now the third day they have remained with me, and they have nothing to eat.
(WEY)

James 4:5 Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, "The Spirit who lives in us yearns jealously"?
(WEB WEY RSV)

Job 19:27 Whom I, even I, shall see on my side. My eyes shall see, and not as a stranger. "My heart is consumed within me.
(See NIV)

Psalms 63:1 A Psalm by David, when he was in the desert of Judah. God, you are my God. I will earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you. My flesh longs for you, in a dry and weary land, where there is no water.
(See NAS)

Psalms 84:2 My soul yearneth, yea, even pineth for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh sing for joy unto the living God.
(See NIV)

Isaiah 26:9 With my soul have I desired Thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me have I sought Thee earnestly; for when Thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
(See RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 31:20 Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a darling child? for as often as I speak against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my heart yearns for him; I will surely have mercy on him, says Yahweh.
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Yearns

Related Terms

Third (192 Occurrences)

Year-old (6 Occurrences)

Yearnings (1 Occurrence)

Unwilling (30 Occurrences)

Jealously (1 Occurrence)

Road (155 Occurrences)

Darling (13 Occurrences)

Mass (65 Occurrences)

Caused (468 Occurrences)