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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary

Strong's #1937 - ἐπιθυμέω

Transliteration

epithyméō

Phonetics

ep-ee-thoo-meh'-o

Origin

from (G1909) and (G2372)

Parts of Speech

Verb

TDNT

3:168,339

Definition

Thayer's

to turn upon a thing
to have a desire for, long for, to desire
to lust after, covet
1. of those who seek things forbidden

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 183 ‑ אָוָה (aw‑vaw'); 559 ‑ אָמַר (aw‑mar'); 977 ‑ בָּחַר (baw‑khar'); 2530 ‑ חָמַד (khaw‑mad'); 2654 ‑ חָפֵץ (khaw‑fates'); 2836 ‑ חָשַׁק (khaw‑shak'); 3700 ‑ כָּסַף (kaw‑saf'); 7235 ‑ רָבָה (raw‑baw'); 7592 ‑ שָׁאֵל (shaw‑al', shaw‑ale'); 8581 ‑ תָּעַב (taw‑ab');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

KJV (18)

Matthew

Luke

Acts

Romans

1 Corinthians

Galatians

1 Timothy

Hebrews

James

1 Peter

Revelation

NAS (17)

Matthew

Luke

Acts

Romans

1 Corinthians

Galatians

1 Timothy

Hebrews

James

1 Peter

Revelation

HCS (16)

Matthew

Luke

Acts

Romans

1 Corinthians

Galatians

1 Timothy

Hebrews

James

1 Peter

Revelation

BSB (16)

Matthew

Luke

Acts

Romans

1 Corinthians

Galatians

1 Timothy

Hebrews

James

1 Peter

Revelation

ESV (14)

Matthew

Luke

Acts

Romans

1 Corinthians

Galatians

1 Timothy

Hebrews

James

1 Peter

Revelation

WEB (16)

Matthew

Luke

Romans

1 Corinthians

Galatians

1 Timothy

Hebrews

James

1 Peter

Revelation

Verse Results

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἐπιθῡμ-έω,

set one's heart upon a thing, long for, covet, desire, c. gen. rei, Hdt. 2.66, A. Ag. 216, etc.: also c. gen. pers., Lys. 3.5, X. An. 4.1.14 (later c. acc. pers., [ Men. ] ap. Clem.Al. Strom. 5.119, Tab.Defix. Aud. 271.45 (Hadrumetum, iii A.D.)); of political attachments, τῶν ἡμετέρων πολεμίων And. 4.28; ὀλιγαρχίας Lys. 20.3: c. inf., desire to do, πλῶσαι Hdt. 1.24; ἀπικνέεσθαι ib. 116; περισσὰ δρᾶν S. Tr. 617, etc.: abs., desire, covet, Th. 6.92; ὁ ἀεὶ-ῶν Pl. Prt. 313d, etc.; τὸ ἐπιθυμοῦν τοῦ πλοῦ, = ἐπιθυμία, eagerness for it, Th. 6.24: — Pass., to be desired, τὰ ἐπιθυμούμενα Pl. Phlb. 35d.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ἐπιθυμέω , -ῶ

(< θυμός ),

[in LXX chiefly for H183 pi., hithp.; also for H2530, etc.;]

to set one's heart upon, desire, lust after, covet: absol., James 4:2, Romans 7:7; Romans 13:9 (LXX), 1 Corinthians 10:6 (of. 4 Maccabees 2:6); seq. κατά (against, in opposition to), Galatians 5:17; prop. (as in cl.) c. gen., Acts 20:33, 1 Timothy 3:1; in late Gk. also c. acc (M, Pr., 65), Matthew 5:28 (Rec. αὐτῆς ; T omits; cf. Exodus 20:17, Micah 2:2, Wisdom of Solomon 16:3, al.); c. inf., Matthew 13:17, Luke 15:16; Luke 16:21; Luke 17:22, 1 Peter 1:12, Revelation 9:6; c. acc et inf., Hebrews 6:11; as in Hebrew, ἐπιθυμία ἐπεθύμησα , Luke 22:15.†

SYN.: ὀρέγω G3713 (cf. Field, Notes, 204), θέλω (DCG. i, 453).

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

For the late acc. constr. with this verb, as in Matthew 5:28 BD, cf. the Hadrumetum Memorial of iii/A.D., reproduced in BS, p. 274 ff., 45 μηδεμίαν ἄλλη [ν ] γυναῖκα μήτε παρθένον ἐπιθυμοῦντα. In P Lond 897 (A.D. 84) (= III. p. 207) after the closing word of l. .28 the following words have been written and struck out—. . με. . σε οὐκ ἐπιθυμῶι εἰς Ἀρσινοΐτην π. Other exx. of the verb are BGU I. 248.14 (ii/A.D.) ὧν κοινῆσε βούλεθαι (l. κοινῆσαι βούλεται) καὶ αὐτὸν ἐ [.] ε. [.] . . . ἐπιθυμεῖν τῶν ἠθῶν σου ἀπολαῦσαι, P Oxy VI. 963 (ii/iiiA.D.) ἀσπάζομαί σε, μῆτερ, διὰ τῶν γραμμάτων τούτων ἐπιθυμοῦσα ἤδη θεάσασθαι, and from the inscrr. Syll 226.106 (iii/B.C.) πρὸς δὲ τούτοις Θισαμάτας καὶ Σκύθας καὶ Σαυδαράτας ἐπιθυμεῖν τοῦ ὀχυρώματος (";fortress";), OGIS 764.19 (ii/B.C.) τοῖς ἄλλοις ἄρχουσιν πᾶ ]σιν καὶ Ῥωμαίων τοῖς ἐπιθυμοῦσιν καὶ τοῖς ἐλευθέροις παισίν.

List of Word Forms

επεθυμει επεθύμει ἐπεθύμει επεθυμησα επεθύμησα ἐπεθύμησα επεθυμησαν επεθύμησαν ἐπεθύμησαν επεθύμησας επεθύμησε επεθύμησεν επεθύμουν επιθυμει επιθυμεί επιθύμει ἐπιθυμεῖ επιθυμειτε επιθυμείτε ἐπιθυμεῖτε επιθυμή επιθύμημα επιθυμήμασι επιθυμήματα επιθυμήματος επιθυμησαι επιθυμήσαι ἐπιθυμῆσαι επιθυμήσει επιθυμησεις επιθυμήσεις ἐπιθυμήσεις επιθυμησετε επιθυμήσετε ἐπιθυμήσετε επιθυμήση επιθυμήσης επιθυμησουσιν επιθυμήσουσιν ἐπιθυμήσουσιν επιθυμουμεν επιθυμούμεν ἐπιθυμοῦμεν επιθυμούντες επιθυμούσι επιθυμουσιν επιθυμούσιν ἐπιθυμοῦσιν επιθυμων επιθυμών ἐπιθυμῶν epethumei epethumesa epethumēsa epethumesan epethumēsan epethymei epethýmei epethymesa epethymēsa epethýmesa epethýmēsa epethymesan epethymēsan epethýmesan epethýmēsan epithumei epithumeite epithumesai epithumēsai epithumeseis epithumēseis epithumesete epithumēsete epithumesousin epithumēsousin epithumon epithumōn epithumoumen epithumousin epithymei epithymeî epithymeite epithymeîte epithymesai epithymêsai epithymēsai epithymē̂sai epithymeseis epithymēseis epithymḗseis epithymesete epithymēsete epithymḗsete epithymesousin epithymēsousin epithymḗsousin epithymon epithymôn epithymōn epithymō̂n epithymoumen epithymoûmen epithymousin epithymoûsin

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