Lexicon entry · Greek
G3713ὀρέγωoregō
to aspirePart of speech: Greek Verb
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Faithful is the saying, "If any one is eager to have the oversight of a Church, he desires a noble work."
ὀρέγεται, oregetai “aspires to,”
For from love of money all sorts of evils arise; and some have so hankered after money as to be led astray from the faith and be pierced through with countless sorrows.
ὀρεγόμενοι oregomenoi “stretching after”
but, as it is, we see them eager for a better land, that is to say, a heavenly one. For this reason God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has now prepared a city for them.
ὀρέγονται, oregontai “they stretch forward to,”