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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.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 you have gone off because you longed to return to your father’s household. But why did you steal my gods?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:6 - Let me not enter their council, let me not join their assembly, for they have killed men in their anger and hamstrung oxen as they pleased.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:4 - The rabble with them began to crave other food, and again the Israelites started wailing and said, “If only we had meat to eat!

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:34

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:34 - Therefore the place was named Kibroth Hattaavah,[fn] because there they buried the people who had craved other food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:35 - From Kibroth Hattaavah the people traveled to Hazeroth and stayed there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:16 - They left the Desert of Sinai and camped at Kibroth Hattaavah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:17 - They left Kibroth Hattaavah and camped at Hazeroth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:22 - You also made the LORD angry at Taberah, at Massah and at Kibroth Hattaavah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:15 - Nevertheless, you may slaughter your animals in any of your towns and eat as much of the meat as you want, as if it were gazelle or deer, according to the blessing the LORD your God gives you. Both the ceremonially unclean and the clean may eat it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:20 - When the LORD your God has enlarged your territory as he promised you, and you crave meat and say, “I would like some meat,” then you may eat as much of it as you want.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:21 - If the place where the LORD your God chooses to put his Name is too far away from you, you may slaughter animals from the herds and flocks the LORD has given you, as I have commanded you, and in your own towns you may eat as much of them as you want.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:6 - as well as Baalath and all his store cities, and all the cities for his chariots and for his horses[fn]—whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon and throughout all the territory he ruled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:20 - “Surely he will have no respite from his craving; he cannot save himself by his treasure.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:3 - He boasts about the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:17 - You, LORD, hear the desire of the afflicted; you encourage them, and you listen to their cry,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:2 - You have granted him his heart’s desire and have not withheld the request of his lips.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:9 - All my longings lie open before you, Lord; my sighing is not hidden from you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:29 - They ate till they were gorged— he had given them what they craved.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:30 - But before they turned from what they craved, even while the food was still in their mouths,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:5

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:14 - In the desert they gave in to their craving; in the wilderness they put God to the test.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:10 - The wicked will see and be vexed, they will gnash their teeth and waste away; the longings of the wicked will come to nothing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 127:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 127:5 - Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. They will not be put to shame when they contend with their opponents in court.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:8 - Do not grant the wicked their desires, LORD; do not let their plans succeed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:25 - Do not lust in your heart after her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:24 - What the wicked dread will overtake them; what the righteous desire will be granted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:23

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:12 - The wicked desire the stronghold of evildoers, but the root of the righteous endures.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:4 - A sluggard’s appetite is never filled, but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:12

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:19 - A longing fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but fools detest turning from evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:25 - The craving of a sluggard will be the death of him, because his hands refuse to work.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:26 - All day long he craves for more, but the righteous give without sparing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:16 - His mouth is sweetness itself; he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, this is my friend, daughters of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:24 - a wild donkey accustomed to the desert, sniffing the wind in her craving— in her heat who can restrain her? Any males that pursue her need not tire themselves; at mating time they will find her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:23 - As soon as you began to pray, a word went out, which I have come to tell you, for you are highly esteemed. Therefore, consider the word and understand the vision:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:3 - I ate no choice food; no meat or wine touched my lips; and I used no lotions at all until the three weeks were over.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:11 - He said, “Daniel, you who are highly esteemed, consider carefully the words I am about to speak to you, and stand up, for I have now been sent to you.” And when he said this to me, I stood up trembling.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:19 - “Do not be afraid, you who are highly esteemed,” he said. “Peace! Be strong now; be strong.” When he spoke to me, I was strengthened and said, “Speak, my lord, since you have given me strength.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:37

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:37 - He will show no regard for the gods of his ancestors or for the one desired by women, nor will he regard any god, but will exalt himself above them all.
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