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)
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G1937 — ἐπιθυμέω
epithumeō · to long for · Greek
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Matthew 5:28 · ἐπιθυμῆσαιbut I tell you that everyone who gazes at a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.Matthew 13:17 · ἐπεθύμησανFor most certainly I tell you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things which you see, and didn’t see them; and to hear the things which you hear, and didn’t hear them.Luke 15:16 · ἐπεθύμειHe wanted to fill his belly with the husks that the pigs ate, but no one gave him any.Luke 16:21 · ἐπιθυμῶνand desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Yes, even the dogs came and licked his sores.Luke 17:22 · ἐπιθυμήσετεHe said to the disciples, “The days will come, when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.Luke 22:15 · ἐπεθύμησαHe said to them, “I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer,Acts 20:33 · ἐπεθύμησα·I coveted no one’s silver, or gold, or clothing.Romans 7:7 · ἐπιθυμήσεις·What shall we say then? Is the law sin? May it never be! However, I wouldn’t have known sin, except through the law. For I wouldn’t have known coveting, unless the law had said, “You shall not covet.”Romans 13:9 · ἐπιθυμήσεις,For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not give false testimony,” “You shall not covet,” and whatever other commandments there are, are all summed up in this saying, namely, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”1 Corinthians 10:6 · ἐπεθύμησαν.Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.Galatians 5:17 · ἐπιθυμεῖFor the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, that you may not do the things that you desire.1 Timothy 3:1 · ἐπιθυμεῖ.This is a faithful saying: if a man seeks the office of an overseer, he desires a good work.Hebrews 6:11 · ἐπιθυμοῦμενWe desire that each one of you may show the same diligence to the fullness of hope even to the end,James 4:2 · ἐπιθυμεῖτεYou lust, and don’t have. You kill, covet, and can’t obtain. You fight and make war. You don’t have, because you don’t ask.1 Peter 1:12 · ἐπιθυμοῦσινTo them it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to you, they ministered these things, which now have been announced to you through those who preached the Good News to you by the Holy Spirit sent out from heaven; which things angels desire to look into.Revelation 9:6 · ἐπιθυμήσουσινIn those days people will seek death, and will in no way find it. They will desire to die, and death will flee from them.