ἐπιθυμέω epithumeō · G1937

to long for

ἐπιθυμέω, -ῶ; (θυμός), [in LXX chiefly for אָוָה pi., hithp.; also for חָמַד, etc. ; ] ; to set one's heart upon, desire, lust after, covet: absol., Jas.4:2, Rom.7:7 13:9" (LXX), 1Co.10:6 (of. 4Ma.2:6); before κατά (against, in opposition to), Gal.5:17; prop. (as in cl.) with genitive, Act.20:33, 1Ti.3:1; in late Gk. also with accusative (M, Pr., 65), Mat.5:28 (Rec. αὐτῆς; T omits; cf. Exo.20:17, Mic.2:2, Wis.16:3, al.); with inf., Mat.13:17, Luk.15:16 16:21 17:22, 1Pe.1:12, Rev.9:6; with accusative and inf., Heb.6:11; as in Hebrew, ἐπιθυμία ἐπεθύμησα, Luk.22:15.†; SYN.: ὀρέγω (cf. Field, Notes, 204), θέλω (DCG. i, 453) (AS)

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

ἐπιθῡμ-έω, ; set one's heart upon a thing, long for, covet, desire, with genitive of things, []; of political attachments, τῶν ἡμετέρων πολεμίων 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.28; ὀλιγαρχίας 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 20.3: with infinitive, desire to do, πλῶσαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.24; ἀπικνέεσθαι[]: absolutely, desire, covet, []; τὸ ἐπιθυμοῦν τοῦ πλοῦ, ={ἐπιθυμία}, eagerness for it, []:—passive, to be desired, τὰ ἐπιθυμούμενα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 35d.

Where it's used 16 times

Matthew 5:28 · Matthew 13:17 · Luke 15:16 · Luke 16:21 · Luke 17:22 · Luke 22:15 · Acts 20:33 · Romans 7:7 · Romans 13:9 · 1 Corinthians 10:6 · Galatians 5:17 · 1 Timothy 3:1 · Hebrews 6:11 · James 4:2 · 1 Peter 1:12 · Revelation 9:6

Source: TBESG G1937; TFLSJ G1937

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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