Strong's Lexicon
G3713 — ὀρέγομαι
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3713 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ὀρέγομαι |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | middle voice of apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 3 |
| Transliteration: | oregomai |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | or-eg'-om-ai |
| Meaning: | 1. to stretch oneself, i.e. reach out after (long for) |
| KJV Renderings: | covet after, desire |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ὀρέγω: (cf. Latinrego, German recken,strecken,reichen (English reach; Curtius, § 153)); from Homer down; to stretch forth, as χεῖρα, Homer, Iliad 15, 371, etc.; present middle (cf. Winers Grammar, p. 252 (237) note), to stretch oneself out in order to touch or to grasp something, to reach after or desire something: with a genitive of the thing, 1Ti 3:1; Heb 11:16; φιλαργυριας, to give oneself up to the love of money (not quite accurately since φιλαργυριας is itself the ὄρεξις; (cf. Ellicott at the passage)), 1Ti 6:10.
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ὀρέγω (covet after)
1 Timothy 3:1
- KJV: This a true saying If a man desire the office of a bishop he desireth a good work
- GK: πιστός ο λόγος ει επισκοπής ορέγεται καλού έργου επιθυμεί
1 Timothy 6:10
- KJV: For the love of money is the root of all evil which while some coveted after they have erred from the faith and pierced themselves through with many sorrows
- GK: ρίζα γαρ πάντων των κακών εστίν η φιλαργυρία ης τινές ορεγόμενοι απεπλανήθησαν από της πίστεως και εαυτούς περιέπειραν οδύναις πολλαίς
Hebrews 11:16
- KJV: But now they desire a better that is an heavenly wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God for he hath prepared for them a city
- GK: νυν δε κρείττονος ορέγονται τουτ΄ επουρανίου διό ουκ επαισχύνεται αυτούς ο θεός θεός επικαλείσθαι αυτών ητοίμασε γαρ αυτοίς πόλιν