Gloss
desire, longing (in contexts where the desire is positive and proper); coveting, craving, lusting (in contexts where the desire is immoral and sinful)
Forms of the word
Dictionary
ἐπιθυμία, -ας, ἡ
Greek transliteration
epithumia
Simplified transliteration
epithumia
Numbers
Strong's number
1939
GK Number
2123
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
38
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
n-1a
Definition
Greek-English Concordance for ἐπιθυμία
| 1 Peter 2:11 | Dear friends, I urge you as foreigners and exiles to abstain from desires (epithumiōn | ἐπιθυμιῶν | gen pl fem) of the flesh, which wage war against your soul, |
| 1 Peter 4:2 | so that you no longer live your remaining days in the flesh concerned about (epithumiais | ἐπιθυμίαις | dat pl fem) human desires (epithumiais | ἐπιθυμίαις | dat pl fem) but about the will of God. |
| 1 Peter 4:3 | For the time already gone by is enough for you to have done what the pagans like to do, carrying on in sensuality, passions (epithumiais | ἐπιθυμίαις | dat pl fem), drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties, and disgusting worship of idols. |
| 2 Peter 1:4 | by means of which he has freely given to us his precious and splendid promises, so that through them you may escape the corruption that is in the world caused by sinful desire (epithumia | ἐπιθυμίᾳ | dat sg fem) and become partakers of the divine nature. |
| 2 Peter 2:10 | especially those who in polluting lust (epithumia | ἐπιθυμίᾳ | dat sg fem) indulge the flesh and despise authority. These bold and insolent people are not afraid to slander the glorious ones, |
| 2 Peter 2:18 | For by speaking pompous words of vanity, they entice, by lusts (epithumiais | ἐπιθυμίαις | dat pl fem) of the flesh and debauchery, those who are just escaping from those who are living in error. |
| 2 Peter 3:3 | Above all you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come with scoffing, following their own lusts (epithumias | ἐπιθυμίας | acc pl fem) |
| 1 John 2:16 | For all that is in the world — the desire (epithumia | ἐπιθυμία | nom sg fem) of the flesh, the desire (epithumia | ἐπιθυμία | nom sg fem) of the eyes, the pride of possession — is not from the Father but from the world. |
| 1 John 2:17 | The world is passing away with all its desires (epithumia | ἐπιθυμία | nom sg fem), but the one who does the will of God remains forever. |
| Jude 1:16 | These people are grumblers, malcontents who follow their sinful desires (epithumias | ἐπιθυμίας | acc pl fem); their speech is arrogant, they flatter others to gain advantage. |
| Jude 1:18 | how they said to you, “In the final age there will be scoffers driven by their own ungodly desires.” (epithumias | ἐπιθυμίας | acc pl fem) |
| Revelation 18:14 | “The fruit that your soul longed for (epithumias | ἐπιθυμίας | gen sg fem) has gone from you, and all your delicacies and splendid things are lost to you, never to be found again!” |
