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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 38 times in 37 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:19 - and the cares of life, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things, entering in, choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:15 - And he said to them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:44

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:44 - Ye are of the devil, as your father, and ye desire to do the lusts of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has not stood in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks falsehood, he speaks of what is his own; for he is a liar and its father:

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 1:24

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:24 - Wherefore God gave them up also in the lusts of their hearts to uncleanness, to dishonour their bodies between themselves:

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 6:12 - Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body to obey its lusts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:7 - What shall we say then? is the law sin? Far be the thought. But I had not known sin, unless by law: for I had not had conscience also of lust unless the law had said, Thou shalt not lust;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:8 - but sin, getting a point of attack by the commandment, wrought in me every lust; for without law sin was dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 13:14 - But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not take forethought for the flesh to fulfil its lusts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:16 - But I say, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall no way fulfil flesh's lust.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 5:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:24 - But they that are of the Christ have crucified the flesh with the passions and the lusts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:3 - among whom *we* also all once had our conversation in the lusts of our flesh, doing what the flesh and the thoughts willed to do, and were children, by nature, of wrath, even as the rest:

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 4:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:22 - namely your having put off according to the former conversation the old man which corrupts itself according to the deceitful lusts;

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 1:23 - But I am pressed by both, having the desire for departure and being with Christ, for it is very much better,

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 3:5 - Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth, fornication, uncleanness, vile passions, evil lust, and unbridled desire, which is idolatry.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 2:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 2:17 - But we, brethren, having been bereaved of you and separated for a little moment in person, not in heart, have used more abundant diligence to see your face with much desire;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 4:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:5 - (not in passionate desire, even as the nations who know not God,)

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 6:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 6:9 - But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and many unwise and hurtful lusts, which plunge men into destruction and ruin.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 2:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:22 - But youthful lusts flee, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those that call upon the Lord out of a pure heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 3:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 3:6 - For of these are they who are getting into houses, and leading captive silly women, laden with sins, led by various lusts,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 4:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:3 - For the time shall be when they will not bear sound teaching; but according to their own lusts will heap up to themselves teachers, having an itching ear;

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Unchecked Copy Box Tit 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxTit 2:12 - teaching us that, having denied impiety and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, and justly, and piously in the present course of things,

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Unchecked Copy Box Tit 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxTit 3:3 - For we were once ourselves also without intelligence, disobedient, wandering in error, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:14 - But every one is tempted, drawn away, and enticed by his own lust;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:15 - then lust, having conceived, gives birth to sin; but sin fully completed brings forth death.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 1:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:14 - as children of obedience, not conformed to your former lusts in your ignorance;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 2:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:11 - Beloved, I exhort you, as strangers and sojourners, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 4:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:2 - no longer to live the rest of his time in the flesh to men's lusts, but to God's will.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 4:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:3 - For the time past is sufficient for us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, walking in lasciviousness, lusts, wine-drinking, revels, drinkings, and unhallowed idolatries.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 1:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:4 - through which he has given to us the greatest and precious promises, that through these ye may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 2:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:10 - and specially those who walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise lordship. Bold are they, self-willed; they do not fear speaking injuriously of dignities:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 2:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:18 - For while speaking great highflown words of vanity, they allure with the lusts of the flesh, by dissoluteness, those who have just fled those who walk in error,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 3:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:3 - knowing this first, that there shall come at the close of the days mockers with mocking, walking according to their own lusts,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 2:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:16 - because all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 2:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:17 - And the world is passing, and its lust, but he that does the will of God abides for eternity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jde 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:16 - These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their lusts; and their mouth speaks swelling words, admiring persons for the sake of profit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jde 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:18 - that they said to you, that at the end of the time there should be mockers, walking after their own lusts of ungodlinesses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:14 - And the ripe fruits which were the lust of thy soul have departed from thee, and all fair and splendid things have perished from thee, and they shall not find them any more at all.
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