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Lexicon :: Strong's G1939 - epithymia

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ἐπιθυμία
Transliteration
epithymia (Key)
Pronunciation
ep-ee-thoo-mee'-ah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:168,339

Trench's Synonyms: lxxxvii. πάθος, ἐπιθυμία, ὁρμή, ὄρεξις.

Strong’s Definitions

ἐπιθυμία epithymía, ep-ee-thoo-mee'-ah; from G1937; a longing (especially for what is forbidden):—concupiscence, desire, lust (after).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 38x

The KJV translates Strong's G1939 in the following manner: lust (31x), concupiscence (3x), desire (3x), lust after (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 38x
The KJV translates Strong's G1939 in the following manner: lust (31x), concupiscence (3x), desire (3x), lust after (1x).

  1. desire, craving, longing, desire for what is forbidden, lust

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἐπιθυμία epithymía, ep-ee-thoo-mee'-ah; from G1937; a longing (especially for what is forbidden):—concupiscence, desire, lust (after).
STRONGS G1939:
ἐπιθυμία, ἐπιθυμίας, ἡ (ἐπιθυμέω) (from Herodotus on), the Sept. chiefly for תַּאֲוָה, אַוָּה, חֲמוּד; desire, craving, longing: Luke 22:15 (on which sevin ἐπιθυμέω, at the end); Revelation 18:14; τήν ἐπιθυμίαν ἔχειν εἰς τί, the desire directed toward, Philippians 1:23; ἐν πολλή ἐπιθυμία with great desire, 1 Thessalonians 2:17; plural αἱ περί τά λοιπά ἐπιθυμίαι, Mark 4:19 (Winers Grammar, § 30, 3 N. 5); specifically, desire for what is forbidden, lust (Vulg.concupiscentia): Romans 7:7; James 1:14; 2 Peter 1:4; πάθος ἐπιθυμίας, 1 Thessalonians 4:5; ἐπιθυμία κακῇ, Colossians 3:5 (Proverbs 21:26; (Proverbs 12:12); Plato, legg. 9, p. 854 a.; πονηρά, Xenophon, mem. 1, 2, 64; ἀγαθή, Sir. 14:14 where see Fritzsche (who cites also Proverbs 11:23; Proverbs 13:12)); plural, Galatians 5:24; 1 Timothy 6:9; 2 Timothy 2:22; 2 Timothy 4:3; 1 Peter 1:14; 1 Peter 4:2; with a genitive of the object, ἐπιθυμία μιασμοῦ, for unclean contact, 2 Peter 2:10 (others with Winer's Grammar, § 34, 3 b. take μιασμοῦ as the genitive of quality); with a genitive of the subject, αἱ ἐπιθυμίαι τῶν καρδιῶν, Romans 1:24; with a genitive of the thing by which the desire is excited, ἡ ἐπιθυμία τοῦ κόσμου, 1 John 2:17; τοῦ σώματος, Romans 6:12; τῆς ἀπάτης (see ἀπάτη), Ephesians 4:22; τῆς σαρκός, τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν, 1 John 2:16 (cf. Huther ad loc.); 2 Peter 2:18; τέλειν σαρκός, Galatians 5:16; αἱ σαρκικαι ἐπιθυμίαι, 1 Peter 2:11 (ψυχικαί, σωματικαί, 4 Macc. 1:32); αἱ κοσμικαι ἐπιθυμίαι, Titus 2:12; εἰς ἐπιθυμίας to arouse lusts, Romans 13:14; ποιεῖν τάς ἐπιθυμίας, John 8:44; ὑπακούειν ταῖς ἐπιθυμίαις, Romans 6:12 (L T Tr WH); δουλεύειν ἐπιθυμίαις (see δουλεύω, 2 b.), Titus 3:3; ἄγεσθαι ἐπιθυμίαις, 2 Timothy 3:6; πορεύεσθαι ἐν ἐπιθυμίαις, 1 Peter 4:3; πορεύεσθαι κατά τάς ἐπιθυμίας, Jude 1:16, 18; 2 Peter 3:3; ἀναστρέφεσθαι ἐν ταῖς ἐπιθυμίαις τῆς σαρκός, Ephesians 2:3. (Synonym: cf. πάθος, and see Trench, § lxxxvii.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Proverbs
11:23; 12:12; 13:12; 21:26
Mark
4:19
Luke
22:15
John
8:44
Romans
1:24; 6:12; 6:12; 7:7; 13:14
Galatians
5:16; 5:24
Ephesians
2:3; 4:22
Philippians
1:23
Colossians
3:5
1 Thessalonians
2:17; 4:5
1 Timothy
6:9
2 Timothy
2:22; 3:6; 4:3
Titus
2:12; 3:3
James
1:14
1 Peter
1:14; 2:11; 4:2; 4:3
2 Peter
1:4; 2:10; 2:18; 3:3
1 John
2:16; 2:17
Jude
1:16; 1:18
Revelation
18:14

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1939 matches the Greek ἐπιθυμία (epithymia),
which occurs 40 times in 40 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:30 - Now then go on thy way, for thou hast earnestly desired to depart to the house of thy father; wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:6 - Let not my soul come into their counsel, and let not mine inward parts contend in their conspiracy, for in their wrath they slew men, and in their passion they houghed a bull.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:4 - And the mixed multitude among them lusted [fn]exceedingly; and they and the children of Israel sat down and wept and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:34

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:34 - And the name of that place was called the Graves of Lust; for there they buried the people that lusted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:35 - The people departed from the [fn]Graves of Lust to Aseroth; and the people [fn]halted at Aseroth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:16 - And they departed from the wilderness of Sina, and encamped at the [fn]Graves of Lust.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:17 - And they departed from the Graves of Lust, and encamped in Aseroth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:22 - Also in the [fn]burning, and in the [fn]temptation, and at the [fn]graves of lust, ye provoked the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:15 - But thou shalt kill according to all thy desire, and shalt eat flesh according to the blessing of the Lord thy God, which he has given thee in every city; the unclean that is within thee and the clean shall eat it on equal terms, as the doe or the stag.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:20 - And if the Lord thy God shall enlarge thy borders, as he said to thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh; if thy soul should desire to eat flesh, thou shalt eat flesh [fn]according to all the desire of thy soul.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:21 - And if the place be far from thee, which the Lord thy God shall choose for himself, that his name be called upon it, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock which God shall have given thee, even as I commanded thee, and thou shalt eat in thy cities according to the desire of thy soul.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:6 - and Balaath, and all the strong cities which Solomon had, and all his chariot cities, and cities of horsemen, and all things that Solomon desired according to his desire of building, in Jerusalem, and in Libanus, and in all his kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:20 - There is no security to his possessions; he shall not be saved by his desire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:3 - (LXX 9:24) Because the sinner praises himself for the desires of his heart; and the unjust one blesses himself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:17 - (LXX 9:38) The Lord has heard the desire of the poor: thine ear has inclined to the preparation of their heart;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:2 - (LXX 20:3) Thou hast granted him the desire of his soul, and hast not withheld from him the request of his lips. Pause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:9 - (LXX 37:10) But all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hidden from thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:29 - (LXX 77:29) So they ate, and were completely filled; and he gave them their desire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:30 - (LXX 77:30) They were not disappointed of their desire: but when their food was yet in their mouth,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:5 - (LXX 102:5) who satisfies thy desire with good things: so that thy youth shall be renewed like that of the eagle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:14 - (LXX 105:14) And they lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the dry land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:10 - (LXX 111:10) The sinner shall see and be angry, he shall gnash his teeth, and consume away: the desire of the sinner shall perish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 127:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 127:5 - (LXX 126:5) Blessed is the man who shall satisfy his desire with them: they shall not be ashamed when they shall speak to their enemies in the gates.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:8 - (LXX 139:9) Deliver me not, O Lord, to the sinner, according to my desire: they have devised mischief against me; forsake me not, lest they should be exalted. Pause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:25 - Let not the desire of beauty overcome thee, neither be thou caught by thine eyes, neither be captivated with her eyelids.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:24 - The ungodly is engulphed in destruction; but the desire of the righteous is acceptable.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:23 - All the desire of the righteous is good: but the hope of the ungodly shall perish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:12 - The desires of the ungodly are evil; but the roots of the godly are firmly set.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:4 - Every slothful man desires, but the hands of the active are diligent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:12 - Better is he that begins to help heartily, than he that promises and leads another to hope: for a good desire is a tree of life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:19 - The desires of the godly gladden the soul, but the works of the ungodly are far from knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:25 - Desires kill the sluggard; for his hands do not choose to do anything.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:26 - An ungodly man entertains evil desires all the day: but the righteous is unsparingly merciful and compassionate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:16 - His throat is most sweet, and altogether desirable. This is my kinsman, and this is my companion, O daughters of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:24 - she has extended her ways over the waters of the desert; she was hurried along by the lusts of her soul; she is given up to them, who will turn her back? none that seek her shall be weary; at the time of her humiliation they shall find her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:23 - At the beginning of thy supplication the word came forth, and I am come to tell thee; for thou art a man much beloved: therefore consider the matter, understand the vision.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:3 - I ate no pleasant bread, and no flesh or wine entered into my mouth, neither did I anoint myself with oil, until three whole weeks were accomplished.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:11 - And he said to me, O Daniel, man greatly beloved, understand the words which I speak to thee, and stand upright: for I am now sent to thee. And when he had spoken to me this word, I stood trembling.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:19 - and said to me, Fear not, man greatly beloved: peace be to thee, quit thyself like a man, and be strong. And when he had spoken with me, I received strength, and said, Let my lord speak; for thou hast strengthened me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:37

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:37 - And he shall not regard any gods of his fathers, nor the desire of women, neither shall he regard any deity: for he shall magnify himself above all.
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