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Greek

4288. prothumia -- eagerness
... eagerness. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: prothumia Phonetic Spelling:
(proth-oo-mee'-ah) Short Definition: inclination, readiness Definition ...
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147. aischrokerdos -- from eagerness for base gain
... from eagerness for base gain. Part of Speech: Adverb Transliteration: aischrokerdos
Phonetic Spelling: (ahee-skhrok-er-doce') Short Definition: greedily ...
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1939. epithumia -- desire, passionate longing, lust
... lust. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: epithumia Phonetic Spelling:
(ep-ee-thoo-mee'-ah) Short Definition: desire, eagerness for, inordinate ...
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2205. zelos -- to have warmth of feeling for or against, to be ...
... or jealous. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine; Noun, Neuter Transliteration: zelos
Phonetic Spelling: (dzay'-los) Short Definition: eagerness, zeal, rivalry ...
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4290. prothumos -- eagerly
... Word Origin adverb from prothumos Definition eagerly NASB Word Usage eagerness
(1). willingly. Adverb from prothumos; with alacrity -- willingly. ...
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4710. spoude -- haste, diligence
... From speudo; "speed", ie (by implication) despatch, eagerness, earnestness -- business,
(earnest) care(-fulness), diligence, forwardness, haste. ...
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Library

Letter x. --Restraint of Over-Eagerness.
... THIRD BOOK. ON THE OBSTACLES TO ABANDONMENT. Letter X."Restraint of Over-Eagerness.
To the same person. On eagerness to read good books. ...
/.../abandonment to divine providence/letter x restraint of over-eagerness.htm

Joseph's Eagerness to Help Others
... THE OLD TESTAMENT JOSEPH'S EAGERNESS TO HELP OTHERS. Joseph was taken down
to Egypt, and Potiphar, an Egyptian, one of Pharaoh's ...
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How they Leave Off Every Kind of Work at the Sound of Some one ...
... Prolegomena. Chapter XII. How they leave off every kind of work at the sound of
some one knocking at the door, in their eagerness to answer at once. ...
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Philippians iii. 13, 14
... And this comes from great eagerness, from much warmth; thus the runner should run
with great earnestness, with so great eagerness, without relaxation. ...
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Of the Tyranny of Eugenius and the victory Won through Faith by ...
... apostle.". After he had seen this vision the emperor ceased not his
supplication, but pursued it with still greater eagerness. The ...
/.../the ecclesiastical history of theodoret/chapter xxiv of the tyranny of.htm

On the Public Shows.
... are translated by them into pleas for vice; because those things are written of,
not that they should be gazed upon, but that a greater eagerness might be ...
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Zeal.
... No doubt whatever that we ought to show just as great eagerness to gain
the Kingdom of Heaven, as did that man to buy the field. ...
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Continuation of the Discourse on the Holy Ghost.
... as far as may be, of those which remain out of the New Testament: and as then to
keep within due limit of your attention we restrained our eagerness (for there ...
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Love's Triumph Over Sin
... For when the two friends who had met Christ at Emmaus came back in the night with
their strange tidings, their eagerness to tell their joyful news is ...
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Letter viii. --On Natural Activity.
... 2nd. To repress your excessive exterior activity by performing all your actions
without eagerness or hurry, quite gently and quietly, as St. ...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) The state or quality of being eager; ardent desire.

2. (n.) Tartness; sourness.

Thesaurus

Eagerness (6 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) The state or quality of being eager; ardent desire. 2. (n.) Tartness;
sourness. Multi-Version Concordance Eagerness (6 Occurrences). ...
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Gaze (46 Occurrences)
... 1. (vi) To fix the eyes in a steady and earnest look; to look with eagerness or
curiosity, as in admiration, astonishment, or with studious attention. ...
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Rush (35 Occurrences)
... 4. (vi) To enter into something with undue haste and eagerness, or without due
deliberation and preparation; as, to rush business or speculation. ...
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Eagerly (36 Occurrences)

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Vie (2 Occurrences)
... 1 Thessalonians 4:11 and to vie with one another in eagerness for peace, every one
minding his own business and working with his hands, as we ordered you to do ...
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Vindication (14 Occurrences)
... 7:11 For mark the effects of this very thing--your having sorrowed with a godly
sorrow--what earnestness it has called forth in you, what eagerness to clear ...
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Zeal (45 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) Passionate ardor in the pursuit of anything; eagerness in favor of a person
or cause; ardent and active interest; engagedness; enthusiasm; fervor. ...
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Long (2810 Occurrences)
... 17. (v.) To feel a strong or morbid desire or craving; to wish for something with
eagerness; -- followed by an infinitive, or by after or for. 18. ...
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Lust (42 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) Pleasure. 2. (n.) Inclination; desire. 3. (n.) Longing desire; eagerness
to possess or enjoy; -- in a had sense; as, the lust of gain. ...
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Gasp (5 Occurrences)
... violently. 2. (vi) To pant with eagerness; to show vehement desire. 3. (vt)
To emit or utter with gasps; -- with forth, out, away, etc. ...
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Bible Concordance

Eagerness (6 Occurrences)

Acts 17:11 Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of the mind, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

2 Corinthians 7:11 For mark the effects of this very thing--your having sorrowed with a godly sorrow--what earnestness it has called forth in you, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing affection, what jealousy, what meting out of justice! You have completely wiped away reproach from yourselves in the matter.
(WEY RSV NIV)

2 Corinthians 8:11 And now complete the doing also, in order that, just as there was then the eagerness in desiring, there may now be the accomplishment in proportion to your means.
(WEY)

2 Corinthians 8:19 Not only so, but who was also appointed by the assemblies to travel with us in this grace, which is served by us to the glory of the Lord himself, and to show our readiness.
(See NIV)

1 Thessalonians 4:11 and to vie with one another in eagerness for peace, every one minding his own business and working with his hands, as we ordered you to do:
(WEY)

1 Peter 5:2 Be shepherds of God's flock which is among you. Exercise the oversight not reluctantly but eagerly, in accordance with the will of God; not for base gain but with cheerful minds;
(See NAS)

Subtopics

Eagerness

Related Terms

Gaze (46 Occurrences)

Rush (35 Occurrences)

Eagerly (36 Occurrences)

Vie (2 Occurrences)

Vindication (14 Occurrences)

Zeal (45 Occurrences)

Long (2810 Occurrences)

Lust (42 Occurrences)

Gasp (5 Occurrences)