Yearn
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3713. orego -- to stretch out, to reach after, to yearn for
... to stretch out, to reach after, to yearn for. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration:
orego Phonetic Spelling: (or-eg'-om-ahee) Short Definition: I stretch forth ...
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1971. epipotheo -- to long for
... 1971 (from 1909 , ", fitting" intensifying , "yearn for") -- properly, to long for,
especially as it is fitting (apt) -- ie (Gk , "upon") the objective. ...
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4697. splagchnizomai -- to be moved in the inward parts, ie to ...
... have compassion. Middle voice from splagchnon; to have the bowels yearn, ie
(figuratively) feel sympathy, to pity -- have (be moved with) compassion. ...
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1973. epipothetos -- greatly desired
... for, missed, greatly desired. Cognate: 1973 -- to desire (yearn after) with
deep affection. See 1971 (). Word Origin from epipotheo ...
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Strong's Hebrew
3648. kamar -- to grow warm and tender, to be or grow hot
... be black, be kindled, yearn. A primitive root; properly, to intertwine or contract,
ie (by implication) to shrivel (as with heat); figuratively ...
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3616. kaleh -- a failing
... a failing. Transliteration: kaleh Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-leh') Short Definition:
yearn. Word Origin from kalah Definition a failing NASB Word Usage yearn (1). ...
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Library

That the Devout Soul Ought with the Whole Heart to Yearn after ...
... THE FOURTH BOOK. OF THE SACRAMENT OF THE ALTAR CHAPTER XIII That the devout soul
ought with the whole heart to yearn after union with Christ in the Sacrament. ...
/.../kempis/imitation of christ/chapter xiii that the devout.htm

Whether a Movement of the Free Will against Sin is Required for ...
... the hireling fleeth," Augustine says: "our feelings are the movements of our souls;
joy is the soul's overflowing; fear is its flight; when you yearn, the soul ...
/.../aquinas/nature and grace/article five whether a movement.htm

Concluding Remarks on the Importance of Orthodoxy
... The Salvationist at the Marble Arch may be bigoted, but he is not too bigoted to
yearn from a common human kinship after the dandy on church parade. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/chesterton/heretics/xx concluding remarks on the.htm

Second Part of the Book.
... that so thou mayst learn great things greatly to desire." And S. Gregory says:
"if with our mouth we pray after the bliss of heaven, and do not yearn for it in ...
/.../second part of the book.htm

Letter to a Young Widow.
... which is far better." [345] But perhaps you long to hear your husband's words, and
enjoy the affection which you bestowed upon him, and you yearn for his ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/chrysostom/on the priesthood/letter to a young widow.htm

Excuses Commonly Urged in Defence of Second Marriage their ...
... is no to-morrow! [570] Shall the servant of God yearn after heirs, who
has disinherited himself from the world? And is it to be ...
/.../tertullian/on exhortation to chastity/chapter xii excuses commonly urged in.htm

Repentance,
... Your heart yearns over him every day; you pray for him night and day; you dream
of him by night; your bowels yearn over your son, and you say, with David ...
//christianbookshelf.org/booth/godliness/chapter i repentance.htm

Of the Hindrances which an Unbelieving Husband Puts in his Wife's ...
... to offer water for the saints' feet? [471] to snatch (somewhat for them) from her
food, from her cup? to yearn (after them)? to have (them) in her mind? ...
/.../tertullian/to his wife/chapter iv of the hindrances which.htm

Danger of Having to Take Part in Heathenish Rites, and Revels.
... [480] whose hand will she yearn after? of whose cup will she partake? What
will her husband sing [481] to her, or she to her husband? ...
/.../tertullian/to his wife/chapter vi danger of having to.htm

Conditions of Effectual Prayer.
... I knew it was not because our God was asleep "not because His arm was shortened"
not because His bowels of compassion did not yearn over sinners"not ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/booth/godliness/chapter vii conditions of effectual.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (v. t.) To pain; to grieve; to vex.

2. (v. i.) To be pained or distressed; to grieve; to mourn.

3. (v. i. & t.) To curdle, as milk.

4. (v. i.) To be filled with longing desire; to be harassed or rendered uneasy with longing, or feeling the want of a thing; to strain with emotions of affection or tenderness; to long; to be eager.

Thesaurus
Yearn (4 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Yearn (4 Occurrences). ... (WEB NAS). Philippians 1:8 For God
is my witness how I yearn over all of you with tender Christian affection. ...
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Yearly (16 Occurrences)

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Yearned (5 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (imp. & pp) of Yearn. Multi-Version Concordance
Yearned (5 Occurrences). Genesis 43:30 Joseph hurried, for ...
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Earn (6 Occurrences)
... laurels. 4. (vt & i.) To grieve. 5. (vi) To long; to yearn. 6. (vi) To curdle,
as milk. Multi-Version Concordance Earn (6 Occurrences). ...
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Bowels (40 Occurrences)
... Genesis 43:30 And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother:
and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there. ...
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Concupiscence (3 Occurrences)
... but in the King James Version, Romans 7:8 Colossians 3:5 1 Thessalonians 4:5. The
Greek noun, like the verb from which it comes, meaning "to yearn," "to long ...
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Supplication (71 Occurrences)
... 2 Corinthians 9:14 while they themselves also, with supplication on your behalf,
yearn for you by reason of the exceeding grace of God in you. ...
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Exceeding (101 Occurrences)
... (KJV WBS). 2 Corinthians 9:14 while they themselves also, with supplication on your
behalf, yearn for you by reason of the exceeding grace of God in you. ...
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Chamber (73 Occurrences)
... Genesis 43:30 And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother:
and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there. ...
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Affection (30 Occurrences)
... (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV). Philippians 1:8 For God is my witness how
I yearn over all of you with tender Christian affection. (WEY NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Bible Concordance
Yearn (4 Occurrences)

2 Corinthians 9:14 while they themselves also, with supplication on your behalf, yearn for you by reason of the exceeding grace of God in you.
(WEB NAS)

Philippians 1:8 For God is my witness how I yearn over all of you with tender Christian affection.
(WEY RSV)

Genesis 43:30 Joseph hurried, for his heart yearned over his brother; and he sought a place to weep. He entered into his room, and wept there.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS RSV)

Deuteronomy 28:32 Your sons and your daughters shall be given to another people; and your eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day: and there shall be nothing in the power of your hand.
(See NAS)

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Yearn

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Yearly (16 Occurrences)

Yearned (5 Occurrences)

Earn (6 Occurrences)

Bowels (40 Occurrences)

Concupiscence (3 Occurrences)

Supplication (71 Occurrences)

Exceeding (101 Occurrences)

Chamber (73 Occurrences)

Affection (30 Occurrences)

Behalf (140 Occurrences)

Christian (41 Occurrences)

Yearning (3 Occurrences)

Haste (106 Occurrences)

Grace (277 Occurrences)

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