Strong's Lexicon
G3715 — ὄρεξις
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3715 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ὄρεξις |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from G3713 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | orexis |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | or'-ex-is |
| Meaning: | 1. excitement of the mind, i.e. longing after |
| KJV Renderings: | lust |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ὄρεξις, ὀρέξεως, ἡ (ὀρέγομαι, which see), desire, longing, craving, for; eager desire, lust, appetite: of lust, Rom 1:27. It is used both in a good and a bad sense, as well of natural and lawful and even of proper cravings (of the appetite for food, Wis 16:2 f; Plutarch, mor., p. 635 c.; others; ἐπιστήμης, Plato, de fin., p. 414 b.), as also of corrupt and unlawful desires, Sir 18:30 Sir 23:6; ἄλογοι and λογιστικαι ὀρεξεις are contrasted in Aristotle, rhet. 1, 10, 7. (Cf. Trench, § lxxxvii.)
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ὄρεξις (lust)
Romans 1:27
- KJV: And likewise also the men leaving the natural use of the woman burned in their lust one toward another men with men working that which is unseemly and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet
- GK: ομοίως τε και οι άρρενες αφέντες την φυσικήν χρήσιν της θηλείας εξεκαύθησαν εν τη ορέξει αυτών εις αλλήλους άρσενες εν άρσεσι την ασχημοσύνην κατεργαζόμενοι και την αντιμισθίαν ην έδει της πλάνης αυτών εν εαυτοίς απολαμβάνοντες