ὀρέγομαι
orégomai
“to stretch oneself, i.e. reach out after (long for)”
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Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong’s Definition
to stretch oneself, i.e. reach out after (long for)
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
to extend, stretch out; mid. to stretch one’s self out, to reach forward to, met. to desire earnestly, long after, 1 Tim. 3:1; Heb. 11:16; by impl. to indulge in, be devoted to, 1 Tim. 6:10*
Translated in KJV as
covet afterdesire
Etymology
middle voice of apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary (compare G3735 (ὄρος));
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