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ὀρέγω

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Gloss: to aspire

Transliteration: oregō

Strong’s: G3713

ὀρέγω
[in Sm.: Job.8:20, Eze.16:49 * ;]
to reach, stretch out; pass. and mid., to stretch oneself out, reach forth; metaphorically, to reach after, grasp at, aspire to: with genitive of thing(s), 1Ti.3:1, Heb.11:16; φιλαργυρίας (see Ellic. and CGT, in l), 1Ti.6:10.†
<re>SYN.: ἐπιθυμέω, to desire (which see) </re> (AS)

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