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
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