The meaning of Wish in the Bible
(From International Standard Bible Encyclopedia)

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 (Job 9:33), and one who would maintain his right with God (Job 16:21). (2) The verb: (a) haphets, "willing," or "desirous" (Psalms 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 Psalms 73:7 where maskith, "to imagine," is translated "wish": "They have more than heart could wish"; (d) euchomai, "to solicit," "to implore" (Romans 9:3).

Arthur Walwyn Evans

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