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—I say to you, that every one who is looking on a woman to desire her, did already commit adultery with her in his heart.Matthew 13:17 · ἐπεθύμησανfor verily I say to you, that many prophets and righteous men did desire to see that which ye look on, and they did not see, and to hear that which ye hear, and they did not hear.Luke 15:16 · ἐπεθύμειand he was desirous to fill his belly from the husks that the swine were eating, and no one was giving to him.Luke 16:21 · ἐπιθυμῶνand desiring to be filled from the crumbs that are falling from the table of the rich man; yea, also the dogs, coming, were licking his sores.Luke 17:22 · ἐπιθυμήσετεAnd he said unto his disciples, ‘Days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and ye shall not behold it;Luke 22:15 · ἐπεθύμησαand he said unto them, ‘With desire I did desire to eat this passover with you before my suffering,Acts 20:33 · ἐπεθύμησα·‘The silver or gold or garments of no one did I covet;Romans 7:7 · ἐπιθυμήσεις·What, then, shall we say? the law is sin? let it not be! but the sin I did not know except through law, for also the covetousness I had not known if the law had not said:Romans 13:9 · ἐπιθυμήσεις,for, ‘Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false testimony, Thou shalt not covet;’ and if there is any other command, in this word it is summed up, in this: ‘Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;’1 Corinthians 10:6 · ἐπεθύμησαν.and those things became types of us, for our not passionately desiring evil things, as also these did desire.Galatians 5:17 · ἐπιθυμεῖfor the flesh doth desire contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit contrary to the flesh, and these are opposed one to another, that the things that ye may will—these ye may not do;1 Timothy 3:1 · ἐπιθυμεῖ.Stedfast is the word: If any one the oversight doth long for, a right work he desireth;Hebrews 6:11 · ἐπιθυμοῦμενand we desire each one of you the same diligence to shew, unto the full assurance of the hope unto the end,James 4:2 · ἐπιθυμεῖτεye desire, and ye have not; ye murder, and are zealous, and are not able to attain; ye fight and war, and ye have not, because of your not asking;1 Peter 1:12 · ἐπιθυμοῦσινto whom it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to us they were ministering these, which now were told to you (through those who did proclaim good news to you,) in the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, to which things messengers do desire to bend looking.Revelation 9:6 · ἐπιθυμήσουσινand in those days shall men seek the death, and they shall not find it, and they shall desire to die, and the death shall flee from them.