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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 MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:19 - but worldly cares, the seductiveness of wealth, and the desire for other things come in and choke the word, and it produces nothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:15 - And he said to them, "I have earnestly 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 - You people are from your father the devil, and you want to do what your father desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. Whenever he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 1:24

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:24 - Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity, to dishonor their bodies among themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 6:12 - Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:7 - What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Absolutely not! Certainly, I would not have known sin except through the law. For indeed I would not have known what it means to desire something belonging to someone else if the law had not said, "Do not covet."

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:8 - But sin, seizing the opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of wrong desires. For apart from the law, sin is dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 13:14 - Instead, put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh to arouse its desires.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:16 - But I say, live by the Spirit and you will not carry out the desires of the flesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 5:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:24 - Now those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:3 - among whom all of us also formerly lived out our lives in the cravings of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath even as the rest...

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 4:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:22 - You were taught with reference to your former way of life to lay aside the old man who is being corrupted in accordance with deceitful desires,

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 1:23 - I feel torn between the two, because I have a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far,

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 3:5 - So put to death whatever in your nature belongs to the earth: sexual immorality, impurity, shameful passion, evil desire, and greed which is idolatry.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 2:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 2:17 - But when we were separated from you, brothers and sisters, for a short time (in presence, not in affection) we became all the more fervent in our great desire to see you in person.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 4:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:5 - not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 6:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 6:9 - Those who long to be rich, however, stumble into temptation and a trap and many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 2:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:22 - But keep away from youthful passions, and pursue righteousness, faithfulness, love, and peace, in company with others who call on the Lord from a pure heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 3:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 3:6 - For some of these insinuate themselves into households and captivate weak women who are overwhelmed with sins and led along by various passions.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 4:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:3 - For there will be a time when people will not tolerate sound teaching. Instead, following their own desires, they will accumulate teachers for themselves, because they have an insatiable curiosity to hear new things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Tit 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxTit 2:12 - It trains us to reject godless ways and worldly desires and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age,

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Unchecked Copy Box Tit 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxTit 3:3 - For we too were once foolish, disobedient, misled, enslaved to various passions and desires, spending our lives in evil and envy, hateful and hating one another.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:14 - But each one is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desires.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:15 - Then when desire conceives, it gives birth to sin, and when sin is full grown, it gives birth to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 1:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:14 - Like obedient children, do not comply with the evil urges you used to follow in your ignorance,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 2:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:11 - Dear friends, I urge you as foreigners and exiles to keep away from fleshly desires that do battle against the soul,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 4:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:2 - in that he spends the rest of his time on earth concerned about the will of God and not human desires.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 4:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:3 - For the time that has passed was sufficient for you to do what the non-Christians desire. You lived then in debauchery, evil desires, drunkenness, carousing, drinking bouts, and wanton idolatries.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 1:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:4 - Through these things he has bestowed on us his precious and most magnificent promises, so that by means of what was promised you may become partakers of the divine nature, after escaping the worldly corruption that is produced by evil desire.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 2:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:10 - especially those who indulge their fleshly desires and who despise authority. Brazen and insolent, they are not afraid to insult the glorious ones,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 2:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:18 - For by speaking high-sounding but empty words they are able to entice, with fleshly desires and with debauchery, people who have just escaped from those who reside in error.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 3:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:3 - Above all, understand this: In the last days blatant scoffers will come, being propelled by their own evil urges

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 2:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:16 - because all that is in the world (the desire of the flesh and the desire of the eyes and the arrogance produced by material possessions) is not from the Father, but is from the world.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 2:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:17 - And the world is passing away with all its desires, but the person who does the will of God remains forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jde 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:16 - These people are grumblers and fault-finders who go wherever their desires lead them, and they give bombastic speeches, enchanting folks for their own gain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jde 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:18 - For they said to you, "In the end time there will come scoffers, propelled by their own ungodly desires."

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:14 - (The ripe fruit you greatly desired has gone from you, and all your luxury and splendor have gone from you - they will never ever be found again!)
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