ἘΠΙΘΥΜΕΙ, ἐπιθυμει
EPITHYMEI, epithymei
Sounds Like: eh-pee-thoo-MEI
Translations: desires, longs for, covets, lusts after
From the root: ΕΠΙΘΥΜΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb means to set one's heart upon something, to long for, or to desire strongly. It can be used in a neutral sense of simply desiring something, but often carries a negative connotation, implying an intense, often illicit, craving or coveting. It is used to describe someone who has a strong yearning for something, whether good or bad.
Inflection: 3rd Person Singular, Present, Active, Indicative
Strong’s number: G1937 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:223
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 15:6
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Deuteronomy — 14:25, 18:6
- 1 Samuel — 2:16, 20:4
- 2 Samuel — 3:21
- 1 Kings — 11:37
- Proverbs — 21:26, 23:3, 23:6
- Sirach — 16:1
- Isaiah — 26:9, 58:11
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΠΙΘΥΜΕΩ.
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.
- ἘΠΕΘΥΜΕΙ — desired, longed for, craved, coveted
- ἘΠΕΘΥΜΗΣΑ — I desired, I longed for, I coveted, I lusted after
- ἘΠΕΘΥΜΗΣΑΝ — they desired, they longed for, they coveted, they lusted after
- ἘΠΕΘΥΜΗΣΑΣ — you desired, you longed for, you coveted
- ἘΠΕΘΥΜΗΣΑΤΕ — you desired, you longed for, you coveted, you lusted after
- ἘΠΕΘΥΜΗΣΕ — desired, longed for, coveted
- ἘΠΕΘΥΜΗΣΕΝ — desired, longed, coveted, lusted, wished
- ἘΠΕΥΘΥΜΗΣΩΣΙΝ — they may desire, they may long for, they may covet
- ἘΠΙΘΥΜἘΩ — to desire, to long for, to covet, to lust after
- ἘΠΙΘΥΜΕΙΤΕ — you desire, you covet, you long for
- ἘΠΙΘΥΜΕΩ — desire, long for, covet, lust after, set one's heart upon
- ἘΠΙΘΥΜΗΜΑ — desire, a desire, lust, a lust, object of desire, a thing desired
- ἘΠΙΘΥΜΗΣΑΝΤΕΣ — having desired, having longed for, having coveted, having lusted after
- ἘΠΙΘΥΜΗΣΑΤΕ — desire, long for, covet
- ἘΠΙΘΥΜΗΣΕΙ — will desire, will long for, will covet, will lust after
- ἘΠΙΘΥΜΗΣΕΙΕΝ — he might desire, he might covet, he might long for, he might lust after
- ἘΠΙΘΥΜΗΣΕΙΣ — you shall covet, you shall desire, you shall long for
- ἘΠΙΘΥΜΗΣΗΣ — you desire, you covet, you long for, you lust after
- ἘΠΙΘΥΜΗΣΗΤΕ — desire, covet, long for, lust after
- ἘΠΙΘΥΜΟΙΗ — might desire, might long for, might lust after, might covet
- ἘΠΙΘΥΜΟΥΝΤΑΣ — desiring, longing, lusting, coveting, craving, wishing
- ἘΠΙΘΥΜΟΥΝΤΕΣ — desiring, longing, craving, lusting, those desiring, those longing
- ἘΠΙΘΥΜΟΥΣΙΝ — they desire, they long for, they covet, they lust after
- ἘΠΙΘΥΜΩΝ — desiring, longing, lusting, coveting, wishing, craving
- ἘΠΙΤΕΘΥΜΗΚΑΣΙΝ — they have desired, they have longed for, they have coveted
- ἘΠΙΤΕΘΥΜΗΚΕΝΑΙ — to have desired, to have longed for, to have coveted
- ἘΠΙΤΕΘΥΜΗΚΩΣ — having greatly desired, having longed for, having coveted
- ΕΘΥΜΗΣΕΙΣ — you desired, you lusted, you longed for, you coveted
- ΕΠΕΘΥΜΕΙ — desired, longed, craved, lusted, coveted
- ΕΠΕΘΥΜΗΣΑ — I desired, I longed, I craved, I lusted, I coveted
- ΕΠΕΘΥΜΗΣΑΝ — they desired, they longed, they coveted, they lusted after
- ΕΠΕΘΥΜΗΣΕΝ — he desired, he longed for, he coveted, he lusted after, he yearned for
- ΕΠΕΘΥΜΙ — desired, longed for, craved, lusted after
- ΕΠΕΥΘΥΜΗΣΩΣΙΝ — they may desire, they may long for, they may covet
- ΕΠΙΘΥΜΕΙ — desires, longs for, craves, lusts after, wishes, yearns
- ΕΠΙΘΥΜΕΙΝ — to desire, to long for, to covet, to lust after
- ΕΠΙΘΥΜΕΙΣ — you desire, you long for, you covet, you lust after, you wish, you crave
- ΕΠΙΘΥΜΕΙΤΕ — you desire, you covet, you long for, you lust after
- ΕΠΙΘΥΜΕΩ — to desire, to long for, to covet, to lust after
- ΕΠΙΘΥΜΗΣΑΙ — to desire, to long for, to covet, to lust after
- ΕΠΙΘΥΜΗΣΑΣ — having desired, having longed for, having coveted, having lusted
- ΕΠΙΘΥΜΗΣΑΤΕ — you desired, you longed for, you coveted, you lusted after
- ΕΠΙΘΥΜΗΣΕ — he desired, she desired, it desired, he longed for, she longed for, it longed for, he coveted, she coveted, it coveted
- ΕΠΙΘΥΜΗΣΕΙ — he will desire, she will desire, it will desire, he will long for, she will long for, it will long for, he will covet, she will covet, it will covet
- ΕΠΙΘΥΜΗΣΕΙΣ — you will desire, you will covet, you will long for, you will lust after
- ΕΠΙΘΥΜΗΣΕΤΑΙ — he will desire, she will desire, it will desire, he will long for, she will long for, it will long for, he will lust, she will lust, it will lust
- ΕΠΙΘΥΜΗΣΗ — desire, a desire, longing, a longing, lust, a lust, craving, a craving
- ΕΠΙΘΥΜΗΣΗΣ — you may desire, you may covet, you may long for, you may lust after
- ΕΠΙΘΥΜΗΣΗΤΕ — you should desire, you should long for, you should covet
- ΕΠΙΘΥΜΗΣΟΥΣΙΝ — they will desire, they will long for, they will lust after, they will covet
- ΕΠΙΘΥΜΗΣΩΣΙΝ — they may desire, they may long for, they may covet, they may lust after
- ΕΠΙΘΥΜΗΤΗΣ — coveter, one who desires, a desirer
- ΕΠΙΘΥΜΗΤΟΝ — desirable, longed for, an object of desire
- ΕΠΙΘΥΜΗΤΟΣ — desirable, longed for, an object of desire
- ΕΠΙΘΥΜΟΥΜΕ — we desire, we long for, we crave, we lust
- ΕΠΙΘΥΜΟΥΝΤΑΣ — desiring, longing, lusting, coveting, craving, wishing, wanting
- ΕΠΙΘΥΜΟΥΝΤΕΣ — desiring, lusting, longing, craving, coveting, wishing, eager
- ΕΠΙΘΥΜΟΥΣΙ — they desire, they long for, they covet, they lust after
- ΕΠΙΘΥΜΟΥΣΙΝ — they desire, they long for, they crave, they lust after
- ΕΠΙΘΥΜΩΝ — desiring, longing, lusting, coveting, wishing, craving
- ΕΠΙΤΕΘΥΜΗΚΕΝΑΙ — to have desired, to have longed for, to have coveted
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