ΟΡΕΞΙΣ, ορεξις
OREXIS, orexis
Sounds Like: OR-ex-is
Translations: desire, a desire, longing, appetite
From the root: ΟΡΕΞΙΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a strong desire, longing, or appetite, often with a sense of reaching or stretching out for something. It can describe a natural inclination or a passionate yearning. It is used to express a strong impulse or craving.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G3715 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
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
- ὈΡΕΞΕΙΣ — desires, cravings, longings, appetites
- 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
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