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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 - “and the cares of this world, the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for 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 - Then He said to them, “With fervent 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 - “You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 1:24

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:24 - Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, 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, that you should obey it in 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? Certainly not! On the contrary, I would not have known sin except through the law. For I would not have known covetousness unless the law had said, “You shall not covet.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:8 - But sin, taking opportunity by the commandment, produced in me all manner of evil desire. For apart from the 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 make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:16 - I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 5:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:24 - And those who are Christ’s 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 also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 4:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:22 - that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts,

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 1:23 - For[fn] I am hard-pressed between the two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better.

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 3:5 - Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 2:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 2:17 - But we, brethren, having been taken away from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavored more eagerly to see your face with great desire.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 4:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:5 - not in passion of lust, like the Gentiles who do not know 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 into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 2:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:22 - Flee also youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 3:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 3:6 - For of this sort are those who creep into households and make captives of gullible women loaded down with sins, led away by various lusts,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 4:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:3 - For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers;

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Unchecked Copy Box Tit 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxTit 2:12 - teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age,

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Unchecked Copy Box Tit 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxTit 3:3 - For we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, 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 each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:15 - Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 1:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:14 - as obedient children, not conforming yourselves to the former lusts, as in your ignorance;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 2:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:11 - Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 4:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:2 - that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 4:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:3 - For we have spent enough of our past lifetime[fn] in doing the will of the Gentiles—when we walked in lewdness, lusts, drunkenness, revelries, drinking parties, and abominable idolatries.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 1:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:4 - by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be 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 especially those who walk according to the flesh in the lust of uncleanness and despise authority. They are presumptuous, self-willed. They are not afraid to speak evil of dignitaries,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 2:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:18 - For when they speak great swelling words of emptiness, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through lewdness, the ones who have actually escaped[fn] from those who live in error.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 3:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:3 - knowing this first: that scoffers will come in the last days, walking according to their own lusts,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 2:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:16 - For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, 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 away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jde 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:16 - These are grumblers, complainers, walking according to their own lusts; and they mouth great swelling words, flattering people to gain advantage.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jde 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:18 - how they told you that there would be mockers in the last time who would walk according to their own ungodly lusts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:14 - “The fruit that your soul longed for has gone from you, and all the things which are rich and splendid have gone from you,[fn] and you shall find them no more at all.
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