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G1938 ἐπιθυμητής (epithymētḗs)
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Quick Definition

ἐπιθυμητής, οῦ, ὁ n.m. an eager desirer of

Strong's Definition

from 1937; a craver

KJV Usage: + lust after

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

noun, m. | -οῦ | θυμόομαι

25.13 · Attitudes and Emotions · Desire Strongly

one who greatly desires (derivative of ἐπιθυμέω[a] ‘to desire very much,’ 25.12) one who very much desires something, whether good or bad

1CO 10:6

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἐπιθυμητής, -οὔ, 6, (ἐπιθυμέω), one who longs for, a craver, lover, one eager for: κακῶν, 1 Co. x. 6 (Num. xi. 4). In Grk. writ. fr. Hdt. down.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἐπιθυμητής epithumētēs 1x

one who has an ardent desire for anything, 1 Cor. 10:6*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ἐπιθυμητής, -οῦ, ὁ

(< ἐπιθυμέω) [in LXX: Nu 11:34 (אָוָה hithp.); εἶναι ἐ., Pr 1:22 (חָמַד)* ;]

one longing for, lustful after: κακῶν, I Co 10:6.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἐπιθυμητής. For ἐ. used in a bad sense as me 1 Cor 108, Deissmann (2S, p. 224) compares BGU II. 5314” (ii/A.D.) ὡς οὔτε εἰμὶ ἄδικος οὔτε ἀ[λ]λοτρίων ΠΕΡῚ ΟΜΗ͂Ν On the other hand cf. an inscr. from about the beginning of the Christian era, Syli 935%° ἵνα οὖν kal ὁ δῆμος φαίνηται εὐχάριστος καὶ | use ἀγρυπνο[ῦν]τα ἐπὶ τῇ φιλίᾳ αὐτῆς καὶ ἐπιθυμίᾳ, “loving, frantic, sleepless with love and desire for μετ.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἐπιθυμητής (epithumētēs) — one who desires. ἐπιθῡμ-ητής, οῖ, ὁ, one who longs for or desires, νεωτέρων ἔργων [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τιμῆς, σοφίας, [Refs]; φύσει πολέμου ἐ. [NT+2nd c.AD+]

2. absolutely, lover, follower, [Refs]

2. b. one who lusts, [LXX]

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