ἘΠΙΘΥΜΕΙΝ, ἐπιθυμειν
EPITHYMEIN, epithymein
Sounds Like: ep-ee-thoo-MEIN
Translations: to desire, to long for, to covet, to lust after
From the root: ἘΠΙΘΥΜΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word means to have a strong desire or longing for something. It can be used in a neutral sense of simply desiring, but often carries a negative connotation, implying a covetous or lustful desire, especially in a moral or ethical context. It describes an intense craving or yearning.
Inflection: Present Active Infinitive
Strong’s number: G1937 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
Ignatius of Antioch
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Romans — 4:3
Josephus' Against Apion
- Book One — 19:141
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 16:23
Pseudo Clement of Rome
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 4 Maccabees — 2:6
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΠΙΘΥΜΕΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΠΙΘΥΜΗΣΑΙ — to desire, to long for, to covet, to lust after
- ἘΠΙΘΥΜΗΣΑΣ — having desired, having longed for, having coveted, having lusted after
- ἘΠΙΘΥΜΗΣΗ — to desire, to long for, to lust after, to covet
- ἘΠΙΘΥΜΗΣΟΥΣΙΝ — they will desire, they will long for, they will lust after
- ἘΠΙΘΥΜΗΤΟΣ — desirable, longed for, coveted, a desirable thing
- ἘΠΙΘΥΜΟΥΜΕΝ — we desire, we long for, we covet, we lust after
- ἘΠΙΘΥΜΟΥΝΤΑ — desiring, longing for, craving, lusting, coveting, a desiring one, one who desires
- ἘΠΙΘΥΜΟΥΝΤΩΝ — desiring, lusting, longing, craving, coveting, wishing, wanting
- ἘΠΙΘΥΜΟΥΣΙ — they desire, they long for, they covet, they lust after
- ΤΟΥΣἘΠΙΘΥΜΟΥΝΤΑΣ — the ones desiring, the ones longing for, the ones coveting, those desiring, those longing for, those coveting
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