Greek Word Study
ὀρέγομαι
orégomai
G3713
Quick Facts
Strong's Number
G3713
KJV Translations
covet afterdesire
Derivation / Root
middle voice of apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary (compare G3735 (ὄρος));
Definition of orégomai
ὀρέγομαι (orégomai) — to stretch oneself, i.e. reach out after (long for)
Word Origin
This word comes middle voice of apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary (compare G3735 (ὄρος)); See the root word: G3735 (ὄρος).
KJV Translation Variants
The Greek word ὀρέγομαι (orégomai) is translated into the following English words in the King James Version:
Translation data from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible.
Related Greek Words
Words sharing the same root or derived from ὀρέγομαι.
ὄρος
óros
G3735
perhaps akin to G142 (αἴρω); compare G3733 (ὄρνις)); a mountain (as lifting itself above the plain)
ὀργή
orgḗ
G3709
properly, desire (as a reaching forth or excitement of the mind), i.e. (by analogy), violent passion (ire, or (justifiable) abhorrence); by implication punishment
ὀργυιά
orguiá
G3712
a stretch of the arms, i.e. a fathom
ὄρεξις
órexis
G3715
excitement of the mind, i.e. longing after
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