Forms of the word

Dictionary
ὄρεξις, εως, ἡ
Greek transliteration
orexis
Simplified transliteration
orexis

Numbers

Strong's number
3715
GK Number
3979

Statistics

Frequency in New Testament
1
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
n-3e(5b)
Gloss
lust, desire
Definition
desire, longing; lust, concupiscence, Rom. 1:27*

Greek-English Concordance for ὄρεξις

Romans 1:27 and likewise the men also abandoned the natural sexual relation with women and burned in their passion (orexei | ὀρέξει | dat sg fem) for one another — men with men committing shameless acts and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.

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