ἘΠΙΘΥΜΗΣΑΙ, ἐπιθυμησαι
EPITHYMĒSAI, epithymēsai
Sounds Like: ep-ee-thoo-MAY-sai
Translations: to desire, to long for, to covet, to lust after
From the root: ἘΠΙΘΥΜΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes a strong desire or longing for something, often with an implication of eagerness or intensity. It can be used in both positive and negative contexts, meaning to genuinely desire something good, or to covet something belonging to another, or even to lust after something forbidden. It is used to express a deep yearning or strong inclination towards an object or action.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G1937 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:211
Josephus' Against Apion
- Book One — 26:232
Justin Martyr
- First Apology of Justin Martyr — 15:1
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Matthew — 5:28
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.
- ἘΠΙΘΥΜΕΙΝ — 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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