ἘΠΙΘΥΜΗΣΑΣ, ἐπιθυμησας
EPITHYMĒSAS, epithymēsas
Sounds Like: ep-ee-thoo-MAY-sas
Translations: having desired, having longed for, having coveted, having lusted after
From the root: ἘΠΙΘΥΜΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is an aorist active participle, meaning 'having desired' or 'having longed for'. It describes an action of desiring that has already occurred. It can be used to describe someone who has a strong yearning or craving for something, whether good or bad. It often implies a strong emotional inclination towards an object or outcome.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Participle, Nominative, Masculine, Singular
Strong’s number: G1937 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 13:233
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 21:3
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Sirach — 1:26
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΠΙΘΥΜΕΩ.
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.
- ἘΠΙΘΥΜΕΙΝ — to desire, to long for, to covet, to lust after
- ἘΠΙΘΥΜΗΣΑΙ — to desire, to long for, to covet, to lust after
- ἘΠΙΘΥΜΗΣΗ — to desire, to long for, to lust after, to covet
- ἘΠΙΘΥΜΗΣΟΥΣΙΝ — they will desire, they will long for, they will lust after
- ἘΠΙΘΥΜΗΤΟΣ — desirable, longed for, coveted, a desirable thing
- ἘΠΙΘΥΜΟΥΜΕΝ — we desire, we long for, we covet, we lust after
- ἘΠΙΘΥΜΟΥΝΤΑ — desiring, longing for, craving, lusting, coveting, a desiring one, one who desires
- ἘΠΙΘΥΜΟΥΝΤΩΝ — desiring, lusting, longing, craving, coveting, wishing, wanting
- ἘΠΙΘΥΜΟΥΣΙ — they desire, they long for, they covet, they lust after
- ΤΟΥΣἘΠΙΘΥΜΟΥΝΤΑΣ — the ones desiring, the ones longing for, the ones coveting, those desiring, those longing for, those coveting
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