DESIRE

DESIRE. → SPIRITUAL De 4:29; Ps 9:1; 17:1; 22:26; 24:6; 25:5,15; 27:8,14; 33:20; 34:10; 37:4,7,9,34; 39:12; 40:1,8; 42:1-11; 51:1-17; 62:1; 63:1,8; 68:28; 69:3,32; 70:4; 81:10; 84:2; 86:11,12,16; 94:19; 105:4; 118:17; 119:2,10,20,40,77,88,116,117,122,133,149,156; 123:1,2; 130:5,6; 143:5,6; Pr 2:3-5; 8:17,34; Isa 8:17,19; 26:8,9; 40:31; 55:1,2,6; Jer 29:13; La 3:25,26,41; Ho 10:12; Hab 3:2; Mt 5:6; Lu 6:21; 10:42; Joh 12:20,21; Php 3:12-14; Heb 11:6
* See HUNGER, SPIRITUAL
* See THIRST, FIGURATIVE

→ EVIL
* See IMAGINATION
* See LUST

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general references to Ge 3:16; Ps 145:16; Pr 13:12; Mr 10:35

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desire. Desire, n. a passion excited by the love of an object, or love excited into action, a wish to obtain

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De‐sire″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Desired (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Desiring.] [[F. désirer, L. desiderare, origin uncertain, perh. fr. de- + sidus star, constellation, and hence orig., to turn the eyes from the stars. Cf. Consider, and Desiderate, and see Sidereal.]] 1. 1. To long for; to wish for earnestly; to covet.
Neither shall any man desire thy land. Ex. xxxiv. 24. Ye desire your child to live. Tennyson. 2. 2. To express a wish for; to entreat; to request.
Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? 2 Kings iv. 28. Desire him to go in; trouble him no more. Shak. 3. 3. To require; to demand; to claim.
A doleful case desires a doleful song. Spenser. 4. 4. To miss; to regret.
She shall be pleasant while she lives, and desired when she dies. Jer. Taylor. Syn. — To long for; hanker after; covet; wish; ask; request; solicit; entreat; beg. — To Desire, Wish. In desire the feeling is usually more eager than in wish. “I wish you to do this” is a milder form of command than “I desire you to do this,” though the feeling prompting the injunction may be the same. C. J. Smith.