Lexical Definition

‎ἐπιθυμία‎ epithymía (ep-ee-thoo-mee'-ah) desire G:N-F
from ‎ἐπιθυμέω‎

concupiscence, desire, lust (after).

Usage: 12 forms in 79 verses
Form Translated As     In Verse(s)
ἐπιθυμιῶν desires 1Pet.2.11
ἐπιθυμίασ desire Jas.1.14 • Rev.18.14
desires John.8.44 • Rom.13.14 • Eph.4.22 • 1Tim.6.9 • 2Tim.4.3
evil desires 2Pet.3.3
lusts 2Tim.2.22 • Jude.1.16
of lust 1Thess.4.5
passions Titus.2.12 • Jude.1.18
ἐπιθυμίαν covetousness Rom.7.7 • Rom.7.8
desire Gal.5.16 • Phil.1.23 • Col.3.5
ἐπιθυμίαισ by passions 2Tim.3.6
desires Rom.1.24 • Rom.6.12 • Gal.5.24 • Eph.2.3 • 1Pet.1.14 • 1Pet.4.2
in lusts 1Pet.4.3
lusts Titus.3.3
passions 2Pet.2.18
ἐπιθυμίαι With desire Luke.22.15
desire 1Thess.2.17 • 2Pet.1.4
desires Mark.4.19
passion 2Pet.2.10
ἐπιθυμία desire Jas.1.15 • 1John.2.16 • 1John.2.16 • 1John.2.17
επιθυμιών Of desirable LXX.Dan.10.3
desired LXX.Dan.9.23 • LXX.Dan.10.11 • LXX.Dan.10.19
επιθυμίασ Desire LXX.Num.11.35 • LXX.Num.33.16 • LXX.Num.33.17 • LXX.Deut.9.22
desirable LXX.2Chr.32.27
lusts LXX.Prov.21.26
my desire LXX.Ps.140.8
of Desire LXX.Num.11.34
their desire LXX.Ps.78.30
επιθυμίαν desire LXX.Num.11.4 • LXX.Deut.12.21 • LXX.2Chr.8.6 • LXX.Ps.10.17 • LXX.Ps.21.2
his desire LXX.Ps.127.5
their desire LXX.Ps.78.29
with desire LXX.Ps.106.14
your desire LXX.Ps.103.5
επιθυμίαισ desire LXX.Prov.13.4
desires LXX.Ps.10.3 • LXX.Jer.2.24
επιθυμίαι desires LXX.Prov.12.12 • LXX.Prov.13.19 • LXX.Prov.21.25
επιθυμία For with desire LXX.Gen.31.30
but desire LXX.Prov.10.24
desirable LXX.Song.5.16
desire LXX.Deut.12.20 • LXX.Ps.112.10 • LXX.Prov.6.25 • LXX.Prov.11.23 • LXX.Prov.13.12 • LXX.Dan.11.37
his desire LXX.Job.20.20
my desire LXX.Ps.38.9
their passion LXX.Gen.49.6
your desire LXX.Deut.12.15

Abbott-Smith

ἐπιθυμία, -ας, ἡ (< έπιθυμέω), [in LXX chiefly for תַּאֲוָה, אָוָה; also for חָמוּד, etc. ;]
desire, longing: Lk 22:15 (v.s. ἐπιθυμέω), Phl 1:23, I Th 2:17, Re 18:14; p1., Mk 4:19; esp. with ref. to forbidden things, desire, lust (Vg., concupiscentia): Ro 7:7, 8, Ja 1:14, 15, II Pe 1:4; pl., Ga 5:24, I Ti 6:9, II Ti 2:22 4:3, I Pe 1:14 4:2; πάθος ἐπιθυμίας, I Th 4:5; ἐ. κακή, Col 3:5; c. gen., μιασμοῦ, II Pe 2:10 (v. Mayor, in l.); τ. καρδιῶν, Ro 1:24; τ. κόσμου (aroused by the world), I Jo 2:17; τ. σώματος, Ro 6:12; τ. ἀπάτης, Eph 4:22 (v. ICC, in l.); τ. σαρκός, I Jo 2:16, II Pe 2:18 (without art.), Ga 5:16; τ. ὀφθαλμῶν, I Jo 2:16; σαρκικαὶ ἐ., I Pe 2:11 (cf. IV Mac 1:32); κοσμικαί, Tit 2:12; εἰς ἐπιθυμίας, Ro 13:14; ποιεῖν τὰς ἐ., Jo 8:44; ὑπακούειν ταῖς ἐ., Ro 6:12; δουλεύειν, ἄγεσθαι, ἐπιθυμίαις, Tit 3:3, II Ti 3:6; πορεύειθαι ἐν ἐ., I Pe 4:3; κατά, Ju 16, 18, II Pe 3:3; ἀναστρέφεσθαι ἐν ταῖς ἐ., Eph 2:3.†
SYN.: πάθος (q.v.), ὄρεξις

Abbott-Smith References

Book Refs
Mark 4:19
Luke 22:15
John 8:44
Romans 1:24 · 6:12 · 7:7 · 7:8 · 13:14
Galatians 5:16 · 5:24
Ephesians 2:3 · 4:22
Philippians 1:23
Colossians 3:5
1 Thessalonians 2:17 · 4:5
1 Timothy 6:9
2 Timothy 2:22 · 3:6 · 4:3
Titus 2:12 · 3:3
James 1:14 · 1:15
1 Peter 1:14 · 2:11 · 4:2 · 4:3
2 Peter 1:4 · 2:10 · 2:18 · 3:3
1 John 2:16 · 2:17
Jude 1:16 · 1:18
Revelation 18:14

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἐπιθυμία-ία,

Ionic dialect -ιη, ἡ, desire, yearning, ἐ. ἐκτελέσαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.32; ἐπιθυμίᾳ by passion, opposed to προνοίᾳ, [Refs]: generally, appetite, [Refs]; αἱ κατὰ τὸ σῶμα ἐ. [Refs]; especially sexual desire, lust, [Refs]; αἱ πρὸς τοὺς παῖδας ἐ. [Refs]

__2. with genitive, longing after a thing, desire of or for it, ὕδατος, τοῦ πιεῖν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν ἐ. τινὸς εἶναι [Refs]; εἰς ἐ. τινὸς ἀφικέσθαι θεάσασθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. ἐμποιεῖν ἔς τινα an inclination towards.., [Refs]
__II. ={ἐπιθύμημα}, object of desire, ἐπιθυμίας τυχεῖν Thalesap.[Refs]; ἀνδρὸς ἐ., of woman, [Refs]