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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - ὀρέγομαι
ὀρέγομαι
G3713
Transliteration: orégomai
Pronunciation: or-eg'-om-ahee
Definition: covet after
- Original: ὀρέγομαι - Transliteration: Oregomai - Phonetic: or-eg'-om-ahee
- Definition:
1. to stretch one's self out in order to touch or to grasp something, to reach after or desire something
2. to give one's self up to the love of money
- Origin: middle voice of apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary [cf G3735" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3735] - TDNT entry: 12:27,7 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: Middle voice of apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary (compare G3735" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3735); to stretch oneself that is reach out after (long for): - covet after desire.