ὀρέγω [in Sm.: Job.8:20, Eze.16:49 * ;] to reach, stretch out; pass. and mid., to stretch oneself out, reach forth; metaphorically, to reach after, grasp at, aspire to: with genitive of thing(s), 1Ti.3:1, Heb.11:16; φιλαργυρίας (see Ellic. and CGT, in l), 1Ti.6:10.† SYN.: ἐπιθυμέω, to desire (which see) (AS)
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G3713 — ὀρέγω
oregō · to aspire · Greek
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1 Timothy 3:1 · ὀρέγεται,Stedfast is the word: If any one the oversight doth long for, a right work he desireth;1 Timothy 6:10 · ὀρεγόμενοιfor a root of all the evils is the love of money, which certain longing for did go astray from the faith, and themselves did pierce through with many sorrows;Hebrews 11:16 · ὀρέγονται,but now they long for a better, that is, an heavenly, wherefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for He did prepare for them a city.