UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, f.

Inflections: ἐπιθυμία; -ας

Related lemmas: θυμόομαι

Sense 1: longing for, desire

Semantic entry: 25.12

Semantic domains: Attitudes and Emotions

Subdomains: Desire Strongly

Definition: greatly desiring to do or have something

Notes: The phrase ἐπιθυμίᾳ ἐπεθύμησα may be regarded as a type of Semitic idiom.

MRK 4:19: RV MRK 4:19 · LV MRK 4:19 · Read together MRK 4:19

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OET-RV MRK 4:19

19 but contemporary topics, or the lure of money, or the appetite for other things, choke their good intentions and the message becomes unfruitful in them.

OET-LV MRK 4:19

19 and the worries of _the age, and the seduction of _the riches, and the desires for the other things entering _in, are _choking the message and it _is _becoming unfruitful.

LUK 22:15: RV LUK 22:15 · LV LUK 22:15 · Read together LUK 22:15

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OET-RV LUK 22:15

15 and he told them, “I’ve been really looking forward to eating this pass-over dinner with you all before my time of suffering begins,

OET-LV LUK 22:15

15 And he _said to them:
With _desire I _desired to _eat this the passover_feast with you _all, before the time for _me to _suffer.

All 7 recorded passages for this sense

MRK: RV MRK 4:19 · LV MRK 4:19 · Read together MRK 4:19

LUK: RV LUK 22:15 · LV LUK 22:15 · Read together LUK 22:15

EPH: RV EPH 4:22 · LV EPH 4:22 · Read together EPH 4:22

PHP: RV PHP 1:23 · LV PHP 1:23 · Read together PHP 1:23

TH1: RV TH1 2:17 · LV TH1 2:17 · Read together TH1 2:17

TIT: RV TIT 2:12 · LV TIT 2:12 · Read together TIT 2:12

REV: RV REV 18:14 · LV REV 18:14 · Read together REV 18:14

Sense 2: coveting, lust, desire

Semantic entry: 25.20

Semantic domains: Attitudes and Emotions

Subdomains: Desire Strongly

Definition: strongly desiring to have what belongs to someone else and/or to engage in an activity which is morally wrong

JHN 8:44: RV JHN 8:44 · LV JHN 8:44 · Read together JHN 8:44

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OET-RV JHN 8:44

44 is because you come from your father, the devil, and you want to do what your father wants. But he was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn’t stick to the truth because there’s no truth in him. Whenever he tells lies, he’s speaking from his own nature, because he’s a liar and the source of lying.

OET-LV JHN 8:44

44 You _all are of the father the devil, and you _all _are _wanting to _be _doing the desires of _the father of _you _all.
That one was a_murderer from the_beginning, and has_ not _stood in the truth, because truth is not in him.
Whenever he _may _be _speaking the falsehood, he _is _speaking from his own, because he _is a_liar, and the father of _it.

ROM 1:24: RV ROM 1:24 · LV ROM 1:24 · Read together ROM 1:24

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OET-RV ROM 1:24

24 Therefore God reluctantly let their lusts lead to impurity and the dishonouring of their bodies among themselves,

OET-LV ROM 1:24

24 Therefore gave _over them the god in the desires of _the hearts of _them to impurity, which to _be _dishonouring the bodies of _them in themselves,

All 31 recorded passages for this sense

JHN: RV JHN 8:44 · LV JHN 8:44 · Read together JHN 8:44

ROM: RV ROM 1:24 · RV ROM 6:12 · RV ROM 7:7–8 · RV ROM 13:14 · LV ROM 1:24 · LV ROM 6:12 · LV ROM 7:7–8 · LV ROM 13:14 · Read together ROM 1:24 · Read together ROM 6:12 · Read together ROM 7:7–8 · Read together ROM 13:14

GAL: RV GAL 5:16 · RV GAL 5:24 · LV GAL 5:16 · LV GAL 5:24 · Read together GAL 5:16 · Read together GAL 5:24

EPH: RV EPH 2:3 · LV EPH 2:3 · Read together EPH 2:3

COL: RV COL 3:5 · LV COL 3:5 · Read together COL 3:5

TH1: RV TH1 4:5 · LV TH1 4:5 · Read together TH1 4:5

TI1: RV TI1 6:9 · LV TI1 6:9 · Read together TI1 6:9

TI2: RV TI2 2:22 · RV TI2 3:6 · RV TI2 4:3 · LV TI2 2:22 · LV TI2 3:6 · LV TI2 4:3 · Read together TI2 2:22 · Read together TI2 3:6 · Read together TI2 4:3

TIT: RV TIT 2:12 · RV TIT 3:3 · LV TIT 2:12 · LV TIT 3:3 · Read together TIT 2:12 · Read together TIT 3:3

JAM: RV JAM 1:14–15 · LV JAM 1:14–15 · Read together JAM 1:14–15

PE1: RV PE1 1:14 · RV PE1 2:11 · RV PE1 4:2–3 · LV PE1 1:14 · LV PE1 2:11 · LV PE1 4:2–3 · Read together PE1 1:14 · Read together PE1 2:11 · Read together PE1 4:2–3

PE2: RV PE2 1:4 · RV PE2 2:10 · RV PE2 2:18 · RV PE2 3:3 · LV PE2 1:4 · LV PE2 2:10 · LV PE2 2:18 · LV PE2 3:3 · Read together PE2 1:4 · Read together PE2 2:10 · Read together PE2 2:18 · Read together PE2 3:3

JN1: RV JN1 2:16–17 · LV JN1 2:16–17 · Read together JN1 2:16–17

JDE: RV JDE 1:16 · RV JDE 1:18 · LV JDE 1:16 · LV JDE 1:18 · Read together JDE 1:16 · Read together JDE 1:18

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἐπιθυμία

Form 1

Sense 1: longing for, desire

Sense 2: coveting, lust, desire