- Original: ὀρέγομαι - Transliteration: Oregomai - Phonetic: or-eg'-om-ahee - Definition: 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 - Origin: middle voice of apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary [cf G3735 ] - TDNT entry: 12:27,7 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: Middle voice of apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary (compare G3735 ); to stretch oneself that is reach out after (long for): - covet after desire. Total KJV Occurrences: 3 • after, 1 1 Timothy 6:10 • desire, 2 1 Timothy 3:1; Hebrews 11:16