Strong's Lexicon
G1939 — ἐπιθυμία
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G1939 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἐπιθυμία |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from G1937 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 38 |
| Transliteration: | epithumia |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ep-ee-thoo-mee'-ah |
| Meaning: | 1. a longing 2. (especially) a lust for what is forbidden |
| KJV Renderings: | concupiscence, desire, lust (after) |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐπιθυμία, ἐπιθυμίας, ἡ (ἐπιθυμέω) (from Herodotus on), the Sept. chiefly for úÇÌàÂåÈä, àÇåÈÌä, çÂîåÌã; desire, craving, longing: Luk 22:15 (on which sevin ἐπιθυμέω, at the end); Rev 18:14; τήν ἐπιθυμίαν ἔχειν εἰς τί, the desire directed toward, Php 1:23; ἐν πολλή ἐπιθυμία with great desire, 1Th 2:17; plural αἱ περί τά λοιπά ἐπιθυμίαι, Mar 4:19 (Winers Grammar, § 30, 3 N. 5); specifically, desire for what is forbidden, lust (Vulg.concupiscentia): Rom 7:7; Jas 1:14; 2Pe 1:4; πάθος ἐπιθυμίας, 1Th 4:5; ἐπιθυμία κακῇ, Col 3:5 (Pro 21:26; (Pro 12:12); Plato, legg. 9, p. 854 a.; πονηρά, Xenophon, mem. 1, 2, 64; ἀγαθή, Sir 14:14 where see Fritzsche (who cites also Pro 11:23; Pro 13:12)); plural, Gal 5:24; 1Ti 6:9; 2Ti 2:22; 2Ti 4:3; 1Pe 1:14; 1Pe 4:2; with a genitive of the object, ἐπιθυμία μιασμοῦ, for unclean contact, 2Pe 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, Rom 1:24; with a genitive of the thing by which the desire is excited, ἡ ἐπιθυμία τοῦ κόσμου, 1Jn 2:17; τοῦ σώματος, Rom 6:12; τῆς ἀπάτης (see ἀπάτη), Eph 4:22; τῆς σαρκός, τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν, 1Jn 2:16 (cf. Huther ad loc.); 2Pe 2:18; τέλειν σαρκός, Gal 5:16; αἱ σαρκικαι ἐπιθυμίαι, 1Pe 2:11 (ψυχικαί, σωματικαί, 4Ma 1:32); αἱ κοσμικαι ἐπιθυμίαι, Tit 2:12; εἰς ἐπιθυμίας to arouse lusts, Rom 13:14; ποιεῖν τάς ἐπιθυμίας, Joh 8:44; ὑπακούειν ταῖς ἐπιθυμίαις, Rom 6:12 (L T Tr WH); δουλεύειν ἐπιθυμίαις (see δουλεύω, 2 b.), Tit 3:3; ἄγεσθαι ἐπιθυμίαις, 2Ti 3:6; πορεύεσθαι ἐν ἐπιθυμίαις, 1Pe 4:3; πορεύεσθαι κατά τάς ἐπιθυμίας, Jud 1:16; Jud 1:18; 2Pe 3:3; ἀναστρέφεσθαι ἐν ταῖς ἐπιθυμίαις τῆς σαρκός, Eph 2:3. (Synonym: cf. πάθος, and see Trench, § lxxxvii.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἐπιθυμία (concupiscence)
Mark 4:19
- KJV: And the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches and the lusts of other things entering in choke the word and it becometh unfruitful
- GK: και αι μέριμναι του αιώνος τούτου και η απάτη του πλούτου και αι περί τα λοιπά επιθυμίαι εισπορευόμεναι συμπνίγουσι τον λόγον και άκαρπος γίνεται
Luke 22:15
- KJV: And he said unto them With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer
- GK: και είπε προς αυτούς επιθυμία επεθύμησα τούτο το πάσχα φαγείν μεθ΄ υμών προ του με παθείν
John 8:44
- KJV: Ye are of father the devil and the lusts your father ye will do He was a murderer from the beginning and abode not in the truth because there is no truth in him When he speaketh a lie speaketh of his own for he is a liar and the father of it
- GK: υμείς εκ του πατρός του διαβόλου εστέ και τας επιθυμίας του πατρός υμών θέλετε ποιείν εκείνος ανθρωποκτόνος ην απ΄ αρχής και εν τη αληθεία ουχ έστηκεν ότι ουκ έστιν αλήθεια εν αυτώ όταν λαλή το ψεύδος εκ των ιδίων λαλεί ότι ψεύστης εστί και ο πατήρ αυτού
Romans 1:24
- KJV: Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts to dishonour their own bodies between themselves
- GK: διό και παρέδωκεν αυτούς ο θεός εν ταις επιθυμίαις των καρδιών αυτών εις ακαθαρσίαν του ατιμάζεσθαι τα σώματα αυτών εν εαυτοίς
Romans 6:12
- KJV: Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof
- GK: μη ούν βασιλευέτω η αμαρτία εν τω θνητώ υμών σώματι εις το υπακούειν αυτή εν ταις επιθυμίαις αυτού
Romans 7:7
- KJV: What shall we say then the law sin God forbid Nay I had not known sin but by the law for I had not known lust except the law had said Thou shalt not covet
- GK: τι ούν ερούμεν ο νόμος αμαρτία μη γένοιτο αλλά την αμαρτίαν ουκ έγνων ει διά νόμου την τε γαρ επιθυμίαν ουκ ήδειν ει ο νόμος έλεγεν ουκ επιθυμήσεις
Romans 7:8
- KJV: But sin taking occasion by the commandment wrought in me all manner of concupiscence For without the law sin dead
- GK: αφορμήν δε λαβούσα η αμαρτία διά της εντολής κατειργάσατο εν εμοί πάσαν επιθυμίαν χωρίς γαρ νόμου αμαρτία νεκρά
Romans 13:14
- KJV: But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ and make not provision for the flesh to the lusts
- GK: αλλ΄ ενδύσασθε τον κύριον Ιησούν χριστόν και της σαρκός πρόνοιαν μη ποιείσθε εις επιθυμίας
Galatians 5:16
- KJV: I say then Walk in the Spirit and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh
- GK: λέγω δε πνεύματι περιπατείτε και επιθυμίαν σαρκός ου τελέσητε