ἐπιθυμία
epithymía
“a longing (especially for what is forbidden)”
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Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong’s Definition
a longing (especially for what is forbidden)
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
earnest desire, Lk. 22:15; irregular or violent desire, Mk. 4:19; spc. impure desire, lust, Rom. 1:24; met. the object of desire, what enkindles desire, 1 Jn. 2:16, 17
Translated in KJV as
concupiscencedesirelust (after)
Etymology
from G1937 (ἐπιθυμέω);
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