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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 TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:19 - and the anxieties of this age, and the deceitfulness of the riches, and the desires concerning the other things, entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:15 - and he said unto them, 'With desire I did desire to eat this passover with you before my suffering,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:44

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:44 - 'Ye are of a father -- the devil, and the desires of your father ye will to do; he was a man-slayer from the beginning, and in the truth he hath not stood, because there is no truth in him; when one may speak the falsehood, of his own he speaketh, because he is a liar -- also his father.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 1:24

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:24 - Wherefore also God did give them up, in the desires of their hearts, to uncleanness, to dishonour their bodies among themselves;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 6:12 - Let not then the sin reign in your mortal body, to obey it in its desires;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:7 - What, then, shall we say? the law is sin? let it not be! but the sin I did not know except through law, for also the covetousness I had not known if the law had not said:

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:8 - 'Thou shalt not covet;' and the sin having received an opportunity, through the command, did work in me all covetousness -- for apart from law sin is dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 13:14 - but put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and for the flesh take no forethought -- for desires.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:16 - And I say: In the Spirit walk ye, and the desire of the flesh ye may not complete;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 5:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:24 - and those who are Christ's, the flesh did crucify with the affections, and the desires;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:3 - among whom also we all did walk once in the desires of our flesh, doing the wishes of the flesh and of the thoughts, and were by nature children of wrath -- as also the others,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 4:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:22 - ye are to put off concerning the former behaviour the old man, that is corrupt according to the desires of the deceit,

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 1:23 - for I am pressed by the two, having the desire to depart, and to be with Christ, for it is far better,

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 3:5 - Put to death, then, your members that are upon the earth -- whoredom, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and the covetousness, which is idolatry --

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 2:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 2:17 - And we, brethren, having been taken from you for the space of an hour -- in presence, not in heart -- did hasten the more abundantly to see your face in much desire,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 4:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:5 - not in the affection of desire, as also the nations that were not knowing God,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 6:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 6:9 - and those wishing to be rich, do fall into temptation and a snare, and many desires, foolish and hurtful, that sink men into ruin and destruction,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 2:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:22 - and the youthful lusts flee thou, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those calling upon the Lord out of a pure heart;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 3:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 3:6 - for of these there are those coming into the houses and leading captive the silly women, laden with sins, led away with desires manifold,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 4:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:3 - for there shall be a season when the sound teaching they will not suffer, but according to their own desires to themselves they shall heap up teachers -- itching in the hearing,

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Unchecked Copy Box Tit 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxTit 2:12 - teaching us, that denying the impiety and the worldly desires, soberly and righteously and piously we may live in the present age,

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Unchecked Copy Box Tit 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxTit 3:3 - for we were once -- also we -- thoughtless, disobedient, led astray, serving desires and pleasures manifold, in malice and envy living, odious -- hating one another;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:14 - and each one is tempted, by his own desires being led away and enticed,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:15 - afterward the desire having conceived, doth give birth to sin, and the sin having been perfected, doth bring forth death.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 1:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:14 - as obedient children, not fashioning yourselves to the former desires in your ignorance,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 2:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:11 - Beloved, I call upon you, as strangers and sojourners, to keep from the fleshly desires, that war against the soul,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 4:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:2 - no more in the desires of men, but in the will of God, to live the rest of the time in the flesh;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 4:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:3 - for sufficient to us is the past time of life the will of the nations to have wrought, having walked in lasciviousnesses, desires, excesses of wines, revelings, drinking-bouts, and unlawful idolatries,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 1:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:4 - through which to us the most great and precious promises have been given, that through these ye may become partakers of a divine nature, having escaped from the corruption in the world in desires.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 2:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:10 - and chiefly those going behind the flesh in desire of uncleanness, and lordship despising; presumptuous, self-complacent, dignities they are not afraid to speak evil of,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 2:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:18 - for overswellings of vanity speaking, they do entice in desires of the flesh -- lasciviousnesses, those who had truly escaped from those conducting themselves in error,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 3:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:3 - this first knowing, that there shall come in the latter end of the days scoffers, according to their own desires going on,

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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 ostentation of the life -- is not of the Father, but of the world,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 2:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:17 - and the world doth pass away, and the desire of it, and he who is doing the will of God, he doth remain -- to the age.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jde 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:16 - These are murmurers, repiners; according to their desires walking, and their mouth doth speak great swellings, giving admiration to persons for the sake of profit;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jde 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:18 - that they said to you, that in the last time there shall be scoffers, after their own desires of impieties going on,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:14 - 'And the fruits of the desire of thy soul did go away from thee, and all things -- the dainty and the bright -- did go away from thee, and no more at all mayest thou find them.
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