Strong's #3713: oregomai (pronounced or-eg'-om-ahee)

middle voice of apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary (compare 3735); to stretch oneself, i.e. reach out after (long for):--covet after, desire.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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oregomai

1) to stretch one' s self out in order to touch or to grasp something, to reach after or desire something

2) to give one' s self up to the love of money

Part of Speech: verb

Relation: middle voice of apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary [compare G3735]

Citing in TDNT: 5:447, 727

Usage:

This word is used 3 times:

 

1 Timothy 3:1: "This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work."
1 Timothy 6:10: "evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith,"
Hebrews 11:16: "But now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly: wherefore God"