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ἐπιθυμία

Transliteration: epithumia · noun

38x in NTFirst: Mark 4:19
Meaningdesire, eagerness for, inordinate desire, lust
Part of speechnoun
Frequency38x in the New Testament
Key inflected formsἐπιθυμίαι, Ἐπιθυμίᾳ, ἐπιθυμίας, ἐπιθυμίαις, ἐπιθυμίαν, ἐπιθυμίᾳ, ἐπιθυμία, ἐπιθυμιῶν
Example versesMark 4:19 · Luke 22:15 · John 8:44 · Rom 1:24 · Rom 6:12
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What kind of word is ἐπιθυμία?

ἐπιθυμία (epithumia) is a noun that occurs 38 times in the Greek New Testament (Koine). It means “desire, eagerness for, inordinate desire, lust” and first appears in Mark 4:19.

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