Biblica Analytica
G1937 Greek

ἐπιθυμέω

epithumeō

to long for

Lexicon Entry

Definition
to long for
Transliteration
epithumeō
Strong's Number
G1937
Occurrences
16

Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

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Strong's
G1937
Lemma
ἐπιθυμέω
Transliteration
epithumeō
Definition
to long for
Occurrences
16
Model
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Occurrences in Scripture

16 total occurrences across the text

Matthew 5:28

but I tell you that everyone who gazes at a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.

Matthew 13:17

For most certainly I tell you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things which you see, and didn’t see them; and to hear the things which you hear, and didn’t hear them.

Luke 15:16

He wanted to fill his belly with the husks that the pigs ate, but no one gave him any.

Luke 16:21

and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Yes, even the dogs came and licked his sores.

Luke 17:22

He said to the disciples, “The days will come when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.

Luke 22:15

He said to them, “I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer,

Acts 20:33

I coveted no one’s silver, gold, or clothing.

Romans 7:7

What shall we say then? Is the law sin? May it never be! However, I wouldn’t have known sin, except through the law. For I wouldn’t have known coveting, unless the law had said, “You shall not covet.”

Romans 13:9

For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not covet,” and whatever other commandments there are, are all summed up in this saying, namely, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

1 Corinthians 10:6

Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.

Galatians 5:17

For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, that you may not do the things that you desire.

1 Timothy 3:1

This is a faithful saying: someone who seeks to be an overseer desires a good work.

Hebrews 6:11

We desire that each one of you may show the same diligence to the fullness of hope even to the end,

James 4:2

You lust, and don’t have. You murder and covet, and can’t obtain. You fight and make war. You don’t have, because you don’t ask.

1 Peter 1:12

To them it was revealed, that they served not to themselves, but to you, in these things, which now have been announced to you through those who preached the Good News to you by the Holy Spirit sent out from heaven; which things angels desire to look into.

Revelation 9:6

In those days people will seek death, and will in no way find it. They will desire to die, and death will flee from them.