Pant
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( v. i.) To beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate, or throb; - said of the heart.
(2): ( v. t.) To breathe forth quickly or in a labored manner; to gasp out.
(3): ( v. i.) To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion or from eagerness or excitement; to respire with heaving of the breast; to gasp.
(4): ( v. i.) Hence: To long eagerly; to desire earnestly.
(5): ( v. i.) To sigh; to flutter; to languish.
(6): ( n.) A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp.
(7): ( v. t.) To long for; to be eager after.
(8): ( n.) A violent palpitation of the heart.
King James Dictionary [2]
1. To palpitate to beat with preternatural violence or rapidity, as the heart in terror, or after hard labor, or in anxious desire or suspense.
Yet might her piteous heart be seen to pant and quake.
2. To have the breast heaving, as in short respiration or want of breath.
Pluto pants for breath from out his cell.
3. To play with intermission or declining strength.
The whispering breeze
Pants on the leaves and dies upon the trees.
4. To long to desire ardently.
Who pants for glory, finds but short repose.
As the heart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. Psalms 42
P`Ant, n. Palpitation of the heart.
Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types [3]
Psalm 38:10 (b) In times of distress, weariness and discouragement the heart has a deep desire for someone, or something, to satisfy that craving.
Psalm 42:1 (a) This represents a heart hunger for the presence of God, and the fellowship of the Lord. It is compared to the deep craving of the deer for a drink of water. (See also Isaiah 21:4).
Amos 2:7 (a) By this we understand the deep longing of the sinner's heart for the wicked things of earth to satisfy his lusts and desires. It is compared to the thirst of an animal which causes it to seek out the water hole.
