Words the Bible translates as want
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 7 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- zēteōζητέωto seek: to go after something with effort, whether searching for it, striving to get it, or insisting on having it.
- thelōθέλωto will: to want, wish, or be disposed toward something, ranging from casual desire to deliberate purpose
- boulomaiβούλομαιto will, wish, or intend: to settle on what one wants, often as a considered choice or firm purpose.
- chreiaχρείαneed: the lack of something necessary, the thing lacked, or the matter that must be attended to
- ḥaserחָסֵרto be short of something needed, to lack or run low; and so to make something or someone fall short, to deprive
- husterēmaὑστέρημαa lack: something still missing from a required or expected whole, a shortfall waiting to be made up
- maḥsorמַחְסוֹרwhat a person lacks: a need waiting to be supplied, or the poverty that going short settles into
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