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International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Wish:

wish: The word appears both as a substantive and as a verb in the Old Testament, having a variety of meanings:

(1) The substantive, peh, means "mouth" and also "speech." In this form it occurs in Job 33:6 margin: "Behold, I am according to thy wish in God's stead." Elihu here refers to Job's expressed desire for an umpire (9:33), and one who would maintain his right with God (16:21).

(2) The verb:

(a) haphets, "willing," or "desirous" (Ps 40:14 the King James Version);

(b) sha'-al, "to ask," "petition," "supplicate" (Job 31:30 the King James Version);

(c) another variation of meaning is found in Ps 73:7 where maskith, "to imagine," is translated "wish": "They have more than heart could wish";

(d) euchomai, "to solicit," "to implore" (Ro 9:3).

Written by Arthur Walwyn Evans

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Wish:

is rendered "to wish" in Act 27:29 (RV marg., "prayed"); so Rom 9:3; in 2Cr 13:9; 3Jo 1:2, RV, "pray:" see PRAY.

Wish:

in Mar 15:15, RV, is translated "wishing" (AV, "willing"); so 2Pe 3:9; in Act 25:22, RV, "could wish" (AV, "would").
See WILL, C, No. 2.

Wish:

in 1Cr 16:7, RV, is translated "wish" (AV, "will"); Gal 4:20, "I could wish" (AV, "I desire").
See WILL, C, No. 1.