ἐπιθυμέω

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., Jak 4,2, Rom 7,7; 13,9" (LXX), 1 Kor 10,6 (of. 4Ma 2,6); before κατά (against, in opposition to), Gal 5,17 prop. (as in cl.) with genitive, ApG 20,33, 1 Tim 3,1; in late Gk. also with accusative (M, Pr., 65), Matt 5,28 (Rec. αὐτῆς; T omits; cf. 2 Mos 20,17, Mik 2,2, Wis 16,3, al.); with inf., Matt 13,17, Luk 15,16; 16,21; 17,22, 1 Pet 1,12, Åb 9,6; with accusative and inf., Hebr 6,11 as in Hebrew, ἐπιθυμία ἐπεθύμησα, Luk 22,15,†

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