lust, lustful, passion, desire

Definition

Lust is a very strong desire, usually in the context of wanting something sinful or immoral. To lust is to have lust.

• In the Bible, “lust” usually referred to sexual desire for someone other than one’s own spouse.
• Sometimes this term was used in a figurative sense to refer to worshiping idols.
• Depending on the context, “lust” could be translated as “wrong desire” or “strong desire” or “wrongful sexual desire” or “strong immoral desire” or to “strongly desire to sin.”
• The phrase to “lust after” could be translated as to “wrongly desire” or to “think immorally about” or to “immorally desire.”

(See also: adultery, false god)

Bible References

• 1 John 2:16
• 2 Timothy 2:22
• Galatians 5:16
• Galatians 5:19-21
• Genesis 39:7-9
• Matthew 5:28

Word Data

• Strong’s: H0183, H0185, H0310, H1730, H2181, H2183, H2530, H5178, H5375, H5689, H5691, H5869, H7843, G07660, G19370, G19390, G22370, G37150, G38060