Fain (6 Occurrences)

Luke 13:31 In that very hour there came certain Pharisees, saying to him, Get thee out, and go hence: for Herod would fain kill thee. (ASV)

Luke 15:16 And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him. (KJV ASV WBS)

Acts 26:28 And Agrippa 'said' unto Paul, With but little persuasion thou wouldest fain make me a Christian. (ASV)

1 Thessalonians 2:18 because we would fain have come unto you, I Paul once and again; and Satan hindered us. (ASV)

Philemon 1:13 whom I would fain have kept with me, that in thy behalf he might minister unto me in the bonds of the gospel: (ASV)

Job 27:22 For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Fain (6 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) Satisfied; contented; also, constrained. 3. (adv.) With joy; gladly. 4.
(vt & i.) To be glad ; to wish or desire. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. FAIN...
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Failure (5 Occurrences)

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Wouldest (66 Occurrences)
... words. (KJV). Acts 26:28 And Agrippa 'said' unto Paul, With but little persuasion
thou wouldest fain make me a Christian. (ASV). Romans ...
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Retain (24 Occurrences)
... to have," margin "Greek, `did not approve,' " for the King James Version "did not
like to retain" (echo); and in Philemon 1:13, substitutes "fain have kept ...
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Persuade (20 Occurrences)
... almost thou persuadest me...." but this is impossible, and so the Revised Version
(British and American) rendered peitheis by "thou wouldest fain." To keep ...
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Persuasion (2 Occurrences)
... almost thou persuadest me...." but this is impossible, and so the Revised Version
(British and American) rendered peitheis by "thou wouldest fain." To keep ...
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Almost (27 Occurrences)
... words is concerned; but their explanation of the sentence is also erroneous; for
the Greek cannot mean "With but little persuasion thou wouldst fain make me a ...
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Sparing (17 Occurrences)
... might be sparing. (YLT). Job 27:22 Yea, it hurleth at him, and spareth not;
he would fain flee from its power. (See NAS). Proverbs 13 ...
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Spareth (9 Occurrences)
... earth my gall. (YLT). Job 27:22 For God'shall hurl at him, and not spare:
He would fain flee out of his hand. (See JPS). Proverbs 13 ...
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1937. epithumeo -- desire, lust after
... covet, desire, lust after. From epi and thumos; to set the heart upon, ie Long for
(rightfully or otherwise) -- covet, desire, would fain, lust (after). ...
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