Definition

a longing for

Etymology

from H781 (אָרַשׂ) (in the sense of desiring to possess);

Word family

• אָרַשׂ ʼâras

How the KJV renders it

• request

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.