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ὈΡΕΞΕΙΣ, ὀρεξεις

OREXEIS, orexeis

Sounds Like: o-REK-seess

Translations: desires, cravings, longings, appetites

From the root: ΟΡΕΞΙΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to strong desires, cravings, or appetites, often implying a natural or instinctive longing for something. It can be used to describe physical desires, such as hunger, or more abstract longings, like a desire for knowledge or power. It is a feminine noun.

Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Accusative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G3715 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War

From the same root

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

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.

  • ὈΡΕΞΕΙ — desire, a desire, lust, a lust, longing, a longing, appetite, an appetite
  • ὈΡΕΞΕΩΝ — (of) desire, (of) desires, (of) longing, (of) longings, (of) appetite, (of) appetites
  • ὈΡΕΞΕΩΣ — of desire, of longing, of appetite, of a desire, of a longing, of an appetite
  • ὈΡΕΞΙΝ — desire, a desire, longing, appetite, a craving
  • ΟΡΕΞΕΙ — (to) desire, (to) lust, (to) appetite, (to) longing
  • ΟΡΕΞΕΩΝ — of desires, of cravings, of appetites, of longings
  • ΟΡΕΞΕΩΣ — (of) desire, (of) longing, (of) appetite
  • ΟΡΕΞΙΝ — desire, a desire, longing, appetite, a craving, lust
  • ΟΡΕΞΙΣ — desire, a desire, longing, appetite

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