Word study · lex.G1939
ἐπιθυμία epithymia
desire · craving · coveting
Team definition
Desire, longing, which can be good (Phil 1:23; 1 Thess 2:17); often desire for what is forbidden (Abbott-Smith). In Rom 7:7–8 it takes up the commandment's verb (οὐκ ἐπιθυμήσεις): "coveting" (BSB 7:7) and πᾶσαν ἐπιθυμίαν, "every kind of covetous desire" (BSB 7:8). See note.language.Rom.7.7-Rom.7.13.epithymia-exepatesen.
NT occurrences (SBLGNT, via TAGNT) · 37
Mark 4:19Luke 22:15John 8:44Rom 1:24Rom 6:12Rom 7:7Rom 7:8Rom 13:14Gal 5:16Gal 5:24Eph 2:3Eph 4:22Phil 1:23Col 3:51 Thess 2:171 Thess 4:51 Tim 6:92 Tim 2:222 Tim 3:62 Tim 4:3Titus 2:12Titus 3:3Jas 1:14Jas 1:151 Pet 1:141 Pet 2:111 Pet 4:21 Pet 4:32 Pet 1:42 Pet 2:102 Pet 2:182 Pet 3:31 John 2:161 John 2:17Jude 1:16Jude 1:18Rev 18:14
Senses
1. desire, longing Phil 1:23, 1 Thess 2:17
2. desire for what is forbidden, coveting Rom 6:12, Rom 7:7, Rom 7:8
See also
Abbott-Smith public domain s.v. ἐπιθυμία (G1939)
Dodson CC0 1.0 G1939
🔒︎ Thayer CC0 1.0 s.v. ἐπιθυμία (G1939)
🔒︎ BDAG Copyrighted s.v. ἐπιθυμία (not checked)
Occurrences: STEP Bible TAGNT (CC BY 4.0) keyed to SBLGNT words.
Related notes
οὐκ ἐπιθυμήσεις … ἀφορμὴν δὲ λαβοῦσα … ἐξηπάτησέν με (7:7–13) Rom 7:7; Rom 7:8; Rom 7:9; Rom 7:10; Rom 7:11; Rom 7:12; Rom 7:13