Topic
Fain
4 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Job 27:22ISBE
For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.
- Luke 13:31ISBE
¶ The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying unto him, Get thee out, and depart hence: for Herod will kill thee.
- Luke 15:16ISBE
And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.
- Acts 26:28ISBE
Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian.
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 4 references
fan (advb.): Occurs twice in English Versions of the Bible, in the sense of "gladly":
(1) in Job 27:22 as the rendering of barach, "to flee with haste" (from anything), "He would fain flee out of his hand," literally, as in in of the King James Version, "in fleeing he would flee";
(2) in Lu 15:16, as the translation of epithumeo, "to fix the mind or desire on," "He would fain have filled his belly with the husks which the swine did eat." the Revised Version (British and American) adds two instances:
(1) Lu 13:31, "Herod would fain kill thee";
(2) Ac 26:28, "Thou wouldest fain make me a Christian."
See ALMOST.
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.