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verb

Greekὀρέγομαι (oregomai)
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oregomō

Strong’sG3713

I stretch forth, long for

stem oreg-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books3 forms occur

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

** ὀρέγω,

[in Sm.: Jb 8:20, Ez 16:49*;]

to reach, stretch out; pass. and mid., to stretch oneself out, reach forth; metaph., to reach after, grasp at, aspire to: c. gen. rei, I Ti 3:1, He 11:16; φιλαργυρίας (v. Ellic. and CGT, in l.), I Ti 6:10.†

SYN.: ἐπιθυμέω, to desire (q.v.).

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G3713 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidor-eg'-om-ahee

to stretch oneself, i.e. reach out after (long for)

Frommiddle voice of apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary (compare G3735);

King Jamescovet after, desire.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
ὀρέγω,
Refs 8th c.BC+; Ionic dialect and later Prose, Refs 5th c.BC+: imperfect ὤρεγον Refs 5th c.BC+: future ὀρέξω Refs 8th c.BC+: aorist ὤρεξα Refs 8th c.BC+:—middle and passive, Refs 8th c.BC+: future ὀρέξομαι Refs 5th c.BC+ (ἐπ-): aorist ὠρεξάμην Refs 8th c.BC+; also ὠρέχθηνRefs 8th c.BC+: perfect ὤρεγμαι Refs 5th c.BC+; reduplicate 3rd.pers. plural ὀρωρέχαται, pluperfect -έχατο, Refs 8th c.BC+ —Cf. ὀρέγνυμι, ὀριγνάομαι:—reach, stretch, stretch out, χεῖρ᾽ ὀρέγων Refs 8th c.BC+; Ὅμηρον.., ἐφ᾽ ὃν πᾶσαι χεῖρ᾽ ὀρέγουσι πόλεις, to claim him, Refs
2 reach out, hold out, hand, give, κοτύλην καὶ πύρνον Refs 8th c.BC+; later βοήθειαν ὀρέξαι τοῖς ἀδικουμένοις extend help, Refs 5th c.AD+
II middle and passive,
II.1 absolutely, stretch oneself out, stretch forth one's hand, Refs 8th c.BC+having lent a helping hand, Refs; ὀρεξαμένη ἀπὸ δίφρου Refs 8th c.BC+; ὠρέξατο χερσὶ φίλῃσι, χειρὶ σκαιῇ, Refs 8th c.BC+; ἔγχει ὀρεξάσθω let him lunge with the spear (from the chariot), Refs 8th c.BC+; ποσσὶν ὀρωρέχαται πολεμίζειν, of horses, they galloped to the fight, Refs; ὀρέξατ᾽ ἰών he stretched himself as he went, i.e. made a stride, Refs; ὀρωρέχατο προτὶ δειρήν were stretched out towards the neck, Refs; of fish, rise at the bait, καί τις τῶν τραφερῶν ὠρέξατο Refs 4th c.BC+
II.2 with genitive, reach at or to a thing, grasp at, οὗ παιδὸς ὀρέξατο he reached out to his child, Refs 8th c.BC+; in a hostile sense, aim at, assail, hit, τοῦ δ᾽ ἀντίθεος Θρασυμήδης ἔφθη ὀρεξάμενος.. ὦμον hit him first on the shoulder, Refs 8th c.BC+; δηΐων ὀρέγοιτ᾽ ἐγγύθεν ἱστάμενος Refs 7th c.BC+; also of a suppliant, τί χρῆμα θηρῶσ᾽ ἱκέτις ὠρέχθης ἐμο; Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2.b metaphorically, reach after, grasp at, yearn for, γάμων Refs 3rd c.AD+: frequently in Attic dialect Prose, Refs 5th c.BC+: so with infinitive, πόλιν ὠρέξατ᾽ οἰκεῖν Refs 5th c.BC+: also, absolutely, yearn, desire, πάσῃσιν ὀρέξαιτο πραπίδεσσιν Refs 5th c.BC+; compare ὀρεκτός, ὄρεξις.
II.3 with accusative, σῖτόν τ᾽ ὄρεξαι take food, Refs 5th c.BC+; αἰώρημα διὰ δέρης ὀρέξομαι I will put the noose on my neck, Refs

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

aspires to1×craving1×desire1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.

Form and the Greek behind itWhat it isUsuallyTimes
oregotōὀρέγεταιhappening now · he/she/itpresent middle or passive indicative 3rd person singularaspires to1×
oregolōὀρέγονταιhappening now · theypresent middle or passive indicative 3rd person pluraldesire1×
oregorōntoisὀρεγόμενοιhappening now · subjectpresent middle or passive participle nominative plural masculinecraving1×

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 54, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 2 occurrences
Who personhappening now presentwas happening imperfecthas happened perfecthad happened pluperfect
I 1st person singularoregomōoregomeoregomēoregomelē
you 2nd person singularoregosōoregoseoregosēoregoselē
he/she/it 3rd person singularoregotō1×ὀρέγεταιoregoteoregotēoregotelē
we 1st person pluraloregonōoregoneoregonēoregonelē
ye 2nd person pluraloregovōoregoveoregovēoregovelē
they 3rd person pluraloregolō1×ὀρέγονταιoregoleoregolēoregolelē
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthas happened perfect
I 1st person singularoregomeiōoregomeiē
you 2nd person singularoregoseiōoregoseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singularoregoteiōoregoteiē
we 1st person pluraloregoneiōoregoneiē
ye 2nd person pluraloregoveiōoregoveiē
they 3rd person pluraloregoleiōoregoleiē
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthas happened perfect
you 2nd person singularoregosōroregosēr
he/she/it 3rd person singularoregotōroregotēr
ye 2nd person pluraloregovōroregovēr
they 3rd person pluraloregolōroregolēr
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now present
I 1st person singularoregomoiō
you 2nd person singularoregosoiō
he/she/it 3rd person singularoregotoiō
we 1st person pluraloregonoiō
ye 2nd person pluraloregovoiō
they 3rd person pluraloregoloiō
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voiceoregorōoregorē
Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voiceoregorōntos1×oregorēntos

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them
oregstem+aoeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—ntthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

oreg is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

3 occurrences, every one of them listed

oregotō“aspires to”happening now · he/she/itpresent middle or passive indicative 3rd person singular1×

1 Timothy 3:1Pistos tos logos; ei tinos episkopau oregotō, kaleu ergeu epithumatō.… is a trustworthy saying: If anyone aspires to be an overseer, he desires a …

oregolō“desire”happening now · theypresent middle or passive indicative 3rd person plural1×

Hebrews 11:16“desire”nun de kreittonau oregolō, houtem atō epouranau. dio ouk epaischunotō …… for a better country, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be …

oregorōntois“craving”happening now · subjectpresent middle or passive participle nominative plural masculine1×

1 Timothy 6:10… kakoseiu atō tas filargurias, hau tinois oregorōntois apoplanila apo tau pistiau kai heautoin …… of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from …