What does "covet" mean?
Covet: Cor. xxii.
Additional senses
- 2.If it be a sin to covet honor, I am the most offending soul alive. Shak.
- 3.To long for inordinately or unlawfully; to hanker after (something forbidden). Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house. Ex. xx.
- 4.Syn: To long for; desire; hanker after; crave.
- 5.To have or indulge inordinate desire. Which [money] while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith. 1 Tim. vi. 10.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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