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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 surely gone because you greatly long 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 not my soul enter their council;
Let not my honor be united to their assembly;
For in their anger they slew a man,
And in their self-will they hamstrung an ox.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:4 - Now the mixed multitude who were among them yielded to intense craving; so the children of Israel also wept again and said: “Who will give us meat to eat?

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:34

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:34 - So he called the name of that place Kibroth Hattaavah,[fn] because there they buried the people who had yielded to craving.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:35 - From Kibroth Hattaavah the people moved to Hazeroth, and camped at Hazeroth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 33:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:16 - They moved 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 - They departed from Kibroth Hattaavah and camped at Hazeroth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:22 - “Also at Taberah and Massah and 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 all your gates, whatever your heart desires, according to the blessing of the LORD your God which He has given you; the unclean and the clean may eat of it, of the gazelle and the deer alike.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:20 - “When the LORD your God enlarges your border as He has promised you, and you say, ‘Let me eat meat,’ because you long to eat meat, you may eat as much meat as your heart desires.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:21 - “If the place where the LORD your God chooses to put His name is too far from you, then you may slaughter from your herd and from your flock which the LORD has given you, just as I have commanded you, and you may eat within your gates as much as your heart desires.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 8:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:6 - also Baalath and all the storage cities that Solomon had, and all the chariot cities and the cities of the cavalry, and all that 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 knows no quietness in his heart,[fn]
He will not save anything he desires.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:3 - For the wicked boasts of his heart’s desire;
He blesses the greedy and renounces the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:17 - LORD, You have heard the desire of the humble;
You will prepare their heart;
You will cause Your ear to hear,

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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 - Lord, all my desire is before You;
And my sighing is not hidden from You.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:29 - So they ate and were well filled,
For He gave them their own desire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:30 - They were not deprived of their craving;
But while their food was still in their mouths,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 103:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:5 - Who satisfies your mouth with good things,
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 lusted exceedingly in the wilderness,
And tested God in the desert.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 112:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:10 - The wicked will see it and be grieved;
He will gnash his teeth and melt away;
The desire of the wicked shall perish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 127:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 127:5 - Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them;
They shall not be ashamed,
But shall speak with their enemies in the gate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 140:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:8 - Do not grant, O LORD, the desires of the wicked;
Do not further his wicked scheme,
Lest they be exalted. Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:25 - Do not lust after her beauty in your heart,
Nor let her allure you with her eyelids.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:24 - The fear of the wicked will come upon him,
And 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 is only good,
But the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:12 - The wicked covet the catch of evil men,
But the root of the righteous yields fruit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:4 - The soul of a lazy man desires, and has nothing;
But the soul of the diligent shall be made rich.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 13:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:12 - Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
But when the desire comes, it is a tree of life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:19 - A desire accomplished is sweet to the soul,
But it is an abomination to fools to depart from evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:25

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:26 - He covets greedily all day long,
But the righteous gives and does not spare.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:16 - His mouth is most sweet,
Yes, he is altogether lovely.
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,
That sniffs at the wind in her desire;
In her time of mating, who can turn her away?
All those who seek her will not 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 supplications the command went out, and I have come to tell you, for you are greatly beloved; therefore consider the matter, and understand the vision:

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:3 - I ate no pleasant food, no meat or wine came into my mouth, nor did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 10:11

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:19 - And he said, “O man greatly beloved, fear not! Peace be to you; be strong, yes, be strong!” So when 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 regard neither the God[fn] of his fathers nor the desire of women, nor regard any god; for he shall exalt himself above them all.
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