15 occurrences in 12 translations

'Wish' in the Bible

and they were making signs to his father, what he would wish him to be called,

And the devil said to Him, “I will give You all this domain and its glory; for it has been handed over to me, and I give it to whomever I wish.

and no one having drunk old wine, doth immediately wish new, for he saith, The old is better.'

When His disciples James and John saw this, they said, “Lord, do You want us to command fire to come down from heaven and destroy them?”

And if anyone of peace is there [someone who is sweet-spirited and hospitable], your [blessing of] peace will rest on him; but if not, it will return to you.

All things were delivered up to me by my Father, and no one doth know who the Son is, except the Father, and who the Father is, except the Son, and he to whom the Son may wish to reveal Him.'

for I say to you, that many prophets and kings did wish to see what ye perceive, and did not see, and to hear what ye hear, and did not hear.'

And that servant who knew his master’s will, and yet did not get ready or act in accord with his will, will be beaten with many lashes [of the whip],

“I came to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already set ablaze!

On that day there came near certain Pharisees, saying to him, 'Go forth, and be going on hence, for Herod doth wish to kill thee;'

And besides all this, between us and you there is a great chasm fixed, so that those who wish to come over from here to you will not be able, and that none may cross over from there to us.’

Then, turning to His disciples, He said, "There will come a time when you will wish you could see a single one of the days of the Son of Man, but will not see one.

and his citizens were hating him, and did send an embassy after him, saying, We do not wish this one to reign over us.

but those my enemies, who did not wish me to reign over them, bring hither and slay before me.'

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
εὔχομαι 
Euchomai 
wish , pray , can wish , I would
Usage: 7

חפץ 
Chaphets 
Usage: 10

משׂכּית 
Maskiyth 
Usage: 6

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