G1939 ἐπιθυμία
Strong's Greek Concordance · 38 KJV occurrences
ἐπιθυμία
epithymía
Definition
a longing (especially for what is forbidden)
KJV Renderings
concupiscence, desire, lust (after)
Derivation / Etymology
from G1937 (ἐπιθυμέω);
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 38)
- Mark 4:19And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
- Romans 6:12Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
- Galatians 5:24And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:17But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly to see your face with great desire.
- 2 Timothy 4:3For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
- James 1:15Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
- 2 Peter 1:4Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
- 1 John 2:16For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.