2001 Translation

ĒDONĒ, ēdonē

Sounds Like: hay-doh-NAY

Translations: pleasure, a pleasure, delight, lust

From the root: ΗΔΟΝΗ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to pleasure, delight, or enjoyment. It can also carry the negative connotation of sensual pleasure or lust. It is used to describe a feeling of gratification or satisfaction, whether physical or emotional.

Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G2237 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 11:2, 12:2

Codex Sinaiticus

• 4 Maccabees — 1:20, 1:25
• Shepherd of Hermas — 31:7

Ignatius of Antioch

• Ignatius’ Letter to the Philadelphians — 2:2
• Ignatius’ Letter to the Trallians — 6:2

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 2 — 4:51
• Book 5 — 2:135
• Book 11 — 4:76, 5:167
• Book 12 — 7:324
• Book 17 — 5:105, 6:148, 6:159, 7:183, 8:201, 9:234, 12:329
• Book 18 — 1:6, 3:59, 3:63, 3:70, 4:85, 6:198, 6:227, 6:236, 8:291, 8:303, 8:304, 9:333, 9:345
• Book 19 — 1:28, 1:35, 1:83, 1:93, 1:127, 1:155, 2:185, 2:201, 4:246

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Numbers — 11:8
• 4 Maccabees — 1:20, 1:25

The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments

• Mandate 12 — 5:3

The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables

• Parable 6 — 5:7

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΗΔΟΝΗ.

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.

• ΗΔΟΝ — pleasure, delight, a pleasure, a delight
• ΗΔΟΝΑΙΣ — to pleasures, by pleasures, with pleasures, pleasures, a pleasure, delight, to delights, by delights, with delights, delights
• ΗΔΟΝΑΣ — pleasures, delights, desires
• ΗΔΟΝΑΣΩΣ — pleasurably, in a pleasurable manner
• ΗΔΟΝΗΝ — pleasure, a pleasure, delight, enjoyment
• ΗΔΟΝΗΣ — (of) pleasure, (of) delight, (of) enjoyment
• ΗΔΟΝΙΚΟΥΣ — pleasurable, devoted to pleasure, sensual, voluptuous
• ΗΔΟΝΩΝ — of pleasures, of delights, of desires

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