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• To Will, to Wish
• Oeonismos; or Wishing
• βούλομαι
• εὔχομαι
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• אַחֲלַי
• גְּאולִּים , גָּאַל
• חָפֵץ , חָפַץ
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(1):

(v. t.) To frame or express desires concerning; to invoke in favor of, or against, any one; to attribute, or cal down, in desire; to invoke; to imprecate.

(2):

(v. t.) To desire; to long for; to hanker after; to have a mind or disposition toward.

(3):

(v. t.) To have a desire or yearning; to long; to hanker.

(4):

(v. t.) To recommend; to seek confidence or favor in behalf of.

(5):

(n.) Desire; eager desire; longing.

(6):

(n.) Expression of desire; request; petition; hence, invocation or imprecation.

(7):

(n.) A thing desired; an object of desire.