Strong's Greek · G3713
ὀρέγομαι
orégomai
covet after, desire
Definition
to stretch oneself, i.e. reach out after (long for)
Derivation
middle voice of apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary (compare G3735 (ὄρος));
Appears 3 times in Scripture
“Instead, they were longing for a better country, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.”
“For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.”
“This is a trustworthy saying: If anyone aspires to be an overseer, he desires a noble task.”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).