How many times does the word wish appear in the bible?

Answer 1

In the King James version

the word - wish - appears 6 times

1. Job 33:6 Behold, I am according to thy wish in God's stead: I also am formed out of the clay.
2. Psa 40:14 Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.
3. Psa 73:7 Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
4. Rom 9:3 For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
5. 2 Cor 13:9 For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, even your perfection.
6. 3 Joh 1:2 Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

the word - wished - appears twice

1. Jon 4:8 And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.
2. Act 27:29 Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.

the word - wishing - appears once

1. Job 31:30 Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.