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Strong's G3713 · Greek

ὀρέγομαι

oregomai · or-eg'-om-ahee

middle voice of apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary (compare 3735); to stretch oneself, i.e. reach out after (long for)


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

ὀρέγω (G3713)

3 ** ὀρέγω , [in Sm.: Jb 8:20 , Ez 16:49 *;] to reach , stretch out ; pass. and mid., to stretch oneself out , reach forth ; metaph., to reach after , grasp at , aspire to : c. gen. rei, I Ti 3:1 , He 11:16 ; φιλαργυρίας (v. Ellic. and CGT , in l.), I Ti 6:10 .† SYN. : ἐπιθυμέω , to desire (q.v.).

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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