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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 Box Gen 31:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:30 - And now you have gone away because you longed greatly for your father’s house, but why did you steal my gods?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:6 - Let my soul come not into their council;
O my glory, be not joined to their company.
For in their anger they killed men,
and in their willfulness they hamstrung oxen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:4 - Now the rabble that was among them had a strong craving. And the people of Israel also wept again and said, “Oh that we had meat to eat!

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:34

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:34 - Therefore the name of that place was called Kibroth-hattaavah,[fn] because there they buried the people who had the craving.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:35 - From Kibroth-hattaavah the people journeyed to Hazeroth, and they remained at Hazeroth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 33:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:16 - And they set out from the wilderness of Sinai and camped at Kibroth-hattaavah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 33:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:17 - And they set out from Kibroth-hattaavah and camped at Hazeroth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:22 - “At Taberah also, and at Massah and at Kibroth-hattaavah you provoked the LORD to wrath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:15 - “However, you may slaughter and eat meat within any of your towns, as much as you desire, according to the blessing of the LORD your God that he has given you. The unclean and the clean may eat of it, as of the gazelle and as of the deer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:20 - “When the LORD your God enlarges your territory, as he has promised you, and you say, ‘I will eat meat,’ because you crave meat, you may eat meat whenever you desire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:21 - If the place that the LORD your God will choose to put his name there is too far from you, then you may kill any of your herd or your flock, which the LORD has given you, as I have commanded you, and you may eat within your towns whenever you desire.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 8:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:6 - and Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had and all the cities for his chariots and the cities for his horsemen, and whatever Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:20 - “Because he knew no contentment in his belly,
he will not let anything in which he delights escape him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:3 - For the wicked boasts of the desires of his soul,
and the one greedy for gain curses[fn] and renounces the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:17 - O LORD, you hear the desire of the afflicted;
you will strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:2 - You have given him his heart’s desire
and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 38:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:9 - O Lord, all my longing is before you;
my sighing is not hidden from you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:29 - And they ate and were well filled,
for he gave them what they craved.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:30 - But before they had satisfied their craving,
while the food was still in their mouths,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 103:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:5 - who satisfies you with good
so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:14 - But they had a wanton craving in the wilderness,
and put God to the test in the desert;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 112:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:10 - The wicked man sees it and is angry;
he gnashes his teeth and melts away;
the desire of the wicked will perish!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 127:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 127:5 - Blessed is the man
who fills his quiver with them!
He shall not be put to shame
when he speaks with his enemies in the gate.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 140:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:8 - Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked;
do not further their[fn] evil plot, or they will be exalted! Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:25 - Do not desire her beauty in your heart,
and do not let her capture you with her eyelashes;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:24 - What the wicked dreads will come upon him,
but the desire of the righteous will be granted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:23 - The desire of the righteous ends only in good,
the expectation of the wicked in wrath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:12 - Whoever is wicked covets the spoil of evildoers,
but the root of the righteous bears fruit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:4 - The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing,
while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 13:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:12 - Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:19 - A desire fulfilled is sweet to the soul,
but to turn away from evil is an abomination to fools.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:25 - The desire of the sluggard kills him,
for his hands refuse to labor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:26 - All day long he craves and craves,
but the righteous gives and does not hold back.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:16 - His mouth[fn] is most sweet,
and he is altogether desirable.
This is my beloved and this is my friend,
O daughters of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:24 - a wild donkey used to the wilderness,
in her heat sniffing the wind!
Who can restrain her lust?
None who seek her need weary themselves;
in her month they will find her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:23 - At the beginning of your pleas for mercy a word went out, and I have come to tell it to you, for you are greatly loved. Therefore consider the word and understand the vision.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:3 - I ate no delicacies, no meat or wine entered my mouth, nor did I anoint myself at all, for the full three weeks.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:11 - And he said to me, “O Daniel, man greatly loved, understand the words that I speak to you, and stand upright, for now I have been sent to you.” And when he had spoken this word to me, I stood up trembling.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:19 - And he said, “O man greatly loved, fear not, peace be with you; be strong and of good courage.” And as he spoke to me, I was strengthened and said, “Let my lord speak, for you have strengthened me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:37

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:37 - He shall pay no attention to the gods of his fathers, or to the one beloved by women. He shall not pay attention to any other god, for he shall magnify himself above all.
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