ἐπιθυμέω epithumeō

Greek word for “to long for” · Strong’s G1937 · used 16 times in 16 verses

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Meaning

ἐπιθυμέω, -ῶ; (θυμός);

How it is translated

Glosses given for epithumeō in context, with how often each is used:

• desire 3
• will covet 2
• lust after 1
• longed 1
• longing 1
• desiring 1
• will desire 1
• have desired 1
• coveted 1
• desired 1
• desires 1
• desirous 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 5 (1), Matthew 13 (1), Luke 15 (1), Luke 16 (1), Luke 17 (1), Luke 22 (1), Acts 20 (1), Romans 7 (1), Romans 13 (1), 1 Corinthians 10 (1)

Forms

• ἐπεθύμησαν 2
• ἐπεθύμησα 2
• ἐπιθυμήσεις 2
• ἐπιθυμεῖ 2
• ἐπιθυμῆσαι 1
• ἐπεθύμει 1
• ἐπιθυμῶν 1
• ἐπιθυμήσετε 1
• ἐπιθυμοῦμεν 1
• ἐπιθυμεῖτε 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with epithumeō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• φονεύω phoneuō “to murder” 2
• μοιχεύω moicheuō “to commit adultery” 2
• χορτάζω chortazō “to feed” 2
• ἐπιθυμία epithumia “desire” 2
• εἴδω eidō “to perceive” 3
• εἰ ei “if” 3
• βλέπω blepō “to see” 2
• οὐδείς oudeis “none” 2
• λόγος logos “word” 2
• πνεῦμα pneuma “spirit/breath” 2
• ἡμέρα hēmera “day” 2

Key verses

The verses using epithumeō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 5:28 — But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
• Luke 17:22 — And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it.
• Acts 20:33 — I have coveted no man’s silver, or gold, or apparel.
• Romans 7:7 — What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not…
• Romans 13:9 — For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be…
• 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 lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that…
• 1 Timothy 3:1 — This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
• Hebrews 6:11 — And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:
• James 4:2 — Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.
• 1 Peter 1:12 — Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the…
• Revelation 9:6 — And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.