ἐπιθυμία

ἐπιθυμία, -ας, ἡ

(έπιθυμέω), [in LXX chiefly for תַּאֲוָה, אָוָה; also for חֶמֶד, etc. ;]

desire, longing: Luk 22,15 (see: ἐπιθυμέω), Fil 1,23, 1 Thess 2,17, Åb 18,14; p1., Mark 4,19 esp. with ref. to forbidden things, desire, lust (Vg., concupiscentia): Rom 7,7-8, Jak 1,14-15, 2 Pet 1,4; pl., Gal 5,24, 1 Tim 6,9, 2 Tim 2,22; 4,3, 1 Pet 1,14; 4,2; πάθος ἐπιθυμίας, 1 Thess 4,5 ἐ. κακή, Kol 3,5 with genitive, μιασμοῦ, 2 Pet 2,10 (see Mayor, in l); τ. καρδιῶν, Rom 1,24 τ. κόσμου (aroused by the world), 1 Joh 2,17 τ. σώματος, Rom 6,12 τ. ἀπάτης, Ef 4,22 (see ICC, in l); τ. σαρκός, 1 Joh 2,16, 2 Pet 2,18 (without art.), Gal 5,16 τ. ὀφθαλμῶν, 1 Joh 2,16 σαρκικαὶ ἐ., 1 Pet 2,11 (cf. 4Ma 1,32); κοσμικαί, Tit 2,12 εἰς ἐπιθυμίας, Rom 13,14 ποιεῖν τὰς ἐ., Joh 8,44 ὑπακούειν ταῖς ἐ., Rom 6,12 δουλεύειν, ἄγεσθαι, ἐπιθυμίαις, Tit 3,3, 2 Tim 3,6; πορεύειθαι ἐν ἐ., 1 Pet 4,3 κατά, Jud 16,18, 2 Pet 3,3; ἀναστρέφεσθαι ἐν ταῖς ἐ., Ef 2,3,†

SYN.: πάθος (which see), ὄρεξις