ἘΠΙΘΥΜΙΩΝ, ἐπιθυμιων
EPITHYMIŌN, epithymiōn
Sounds Like: ep-ee-thoo-mee-OHN
Translations: of desires, of lusts, of cravings, of longings
From the root: ΕΠΙΘΥΜΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to strong desires, cravings, or longings, which can be either good or bad depending on the context. It is often used to describe human passions or appetites. In the provided examples, it refers to the desires that reason or self-control can master.
Inflection: Plural, Genitive, Feminine
Strong’s number: G1939 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:256
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 10:76
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 18 — 9:340
Justin Martyr
- Second Apology of Justin Martyr — 0:4
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 15:80
Polycarp of Smyrna
- Polycarp’s Letter to the Philippians — 5:3
Pseudo Clement of Rome
Pseudo-Baruch
- The Greek Apocalypse of Baruch (3 Baruch) — 1:3
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 4 Maccabees — 1:31, 1:32, 2:6, 5:23
- Sirach — 18:30
- Daniel (Theodotion) — 9:23, 10:3, 10:11, 10:19
- Daniel (Old Greek) — 10:3
The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments
The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions
- Vision 3 — 7:3
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- 1 Peter — 2:11
Twelve Disciples
- The Didache — 1:4
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΠΙΘΥΜΙΑ.
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.
- ἘΠΙΘΟΜΙΑΙΣ — (to) desires, (with) desires, (by) desires, (for) desires, (to) lusts, (with) lusts, (by) lusts, (for) lusts
- ἘΠΙΘΥΜΗΜΑΤΑ — desires, cravings, lusts, objects of desire
- ἘΠΙΘΥΜΙΑΙ — desires, cravings, lusts, longings
- ἘΠΙΘΥΜΙΑΙΣ — desires, lusts, cravings, passions
- ἘΠΙΘΥΜΙΑΝ — desire, a desire, lust, a lust, longing, a longing, craving, a craving
- ἘΠΙΘΥΜΙΑΣ — of desire, of longing, of lust, of covetousness, of passion
- ΕΠΙΘΟΜΙΑ — desire, a desire, longing, a longing, craving, a craving, lust, a lust
- ΕΠΙΘΥΜ — desire, covet, long for, lust, a desire, a longing, a lust
- ΕΠΙΘΥΜΙ — desire, a desire, lust, a lust, longing, a longing, craving, a craving
- ΕΠΙΘΥΜΙΑ — desire, a desire, longing, craving, lust
- ΕΠΙΘΥΜΙΑʼ — desire, a desire, longing, lust, coveting, a coveting
- ΕΠΙΘΥΜΙΑΙ — desires, lusts, cravings, passions
- ΕΠΙΘΥΜΙΑΙΣ — to desires, to lusts, to cravings, to longings
- ΕΠΙΘΥΜΙΑΝ — desire, a desire, lust, a lust, longing, a longing, craving, a craving
- ΕΠΙΘΥΜΙΑΣ — (of) desire, (of) lust, (of) longing, (of) craving
- ΕΠΙΘΥΜΙΩ — (of) desires, (of) lusts, (of) cravings, (of) longings
- ΕΠΙΘΥΜΙΩΝ — of desires, of lusts, of cravings, of longings
- ΚΑΤΕΠΙΘΥΜΙΣ — lust, strong desire, covetousness, an intense craving
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