ὀρέγω
oregō
- to aspire
- to reach
- stretch out
- to stretch oneself out
- reach forth
- to reach after
STEPBible TBESG
Glosses: to aspire
ὀρέγω
[in Sm.: Job.8:20, Eze.16:49 * ;]
to reach, stretch out; pass. and mid. to stretch oneself out, reach forth; metaphorically, to reach after, grasp at, aspire to: with genitive of thing(s), 1Ti.3:1, Heb.11:16; φιλαργυρίας (see Ellic. and CGT, in l), 1Ti.6:10.†
SYN.: ἐπιθυμέω, to desire (which see) (AS)
Abbott-Smith
Glosses: to reach; stretch out; to stretch oneself out; reach forth; to reach after
to reach; stretch out; to stretch oneself out; reach forth; to reach after; grasp at; aspire to