Word Summary
epithymia: desire, passionate longing, lust
Original Word: ἐπιθυμίαTransliteration: epithymia
Phonetic Spelling: (ep-ee-thoo-mee'-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: desire, passionate longing, lust
Meaning: desire, passionate longing, lust
Strong's Concordance
passion, desire, lust
From epithumeo; a longing (especially for what is forbidden) -- concupiscence, desire, lust (after).
see GREEK epithumeo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1939: ἐπιθυμίαἐπιθυμία,
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.)