Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (v. t.) To pain; to grieve; to vex. 2. (v. i.) To be pained or distressed; to grieve; to mourn. 3. (v. i. & t.) To curdle, as milk. 4. (v. i.) To be filled with longing desire; to be harassed or rendered uneasy with longing, or feeling the want of a thing; to strain with emotions of affection or tenderness; to long; to be eager.

Multi-Version Concordance Yearn (4 Occurrences) 2 Corinthians 9:14 while they themselves also, with supplication on your behalf, yearn for you by reason of the exceeding grace of God in you. (WEB NAS) Philippians 1:8 For God is my witness how I yearn over all of you with tender Christian affection. (WEY RSV) Genesis 43:30 Joseph hurried, for his heart yearned over his brother; and he sought a place to weep. He entered into his room, and wept there. (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS RSV) Deuteronomy 28:32 Your sons and your daughters shall be given to another people; and your eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day: and there shall be nothing in the power of your hand. (See NAS)