Strong G2237ἡδονή
pleasure
- Transliteration
- hēdonē
- Pronunciation
- hay-don-ay'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From ἁνδάνω handanō (to please); sensual delight; by implication desire: - lust pleasure.
Detailed definition
ἡδονή, -ῆς, ἡ
(ἥδομαι, to be glad) [in LXX: Num.11:8 (טַעַם), Pro.17:1, Wis.7:2 16:20, and frequently in 4Mac;]
pleasure: 2Pe.2:13; pl., Luk.8:14, Tit.3:3, Jas.4:1, †
(AS)
(ἥδομαι, to be glad) [in LXX: Num.11:8 (טַעַם), Pro.17:1, Wis.7:2 16:20, and frequently in 4Mac;]
pleasure: 2Pe.2:13; pl., Luk.8:14, Tit.3:3, Jas.4:1, †
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2237 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- pleasure3
- lust2
First verses
- Luke 8:14And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.
- Titus 3:3For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
- James 4:1From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
- James 4:3Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
- 2 Peter 2:13And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;
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Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἡδονή,
Doric dialect ἁδονά (or in Trag. chorus ἡδονά [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1339))], ἡ, (ἥδομαι) enjoyment, pleasure, first in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 71, S.[same place], 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.24, +others)]; properly of sensual pleasures, αἱ τοῦ σώματος or περὶ τὸ σῶμα ἡ., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.8.22, 6.1.4)]; αἱ κατὰ τὸ σῶμα ἡ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 328d)]; σωματικαὶ ἡ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1151a13)]; αἱ περὶ πότους καὶ περὶ ἐδωδὰς ἡ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 389e)]; but also ἀκοῆς ἡ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.38)]; ἡ ἀπὸ τοῦ εἰδέναι ἡ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 582b)]; of malicious pleasure, ἡ ἐπὶ τοῖς τῶν φίλων κακοῖς, ἐπὶ ταῖς λοιδορίαις ἡ., [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Phlb.” 50a, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.138)]; ἡδονῇ ἡσσᾶσθαι, ἡδοναῖς χαρίζεσθαι, to give way to pleasure, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus [same place], 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 727c)]; κότερα ἀληθείη χρήσομαι ἢ ἡδον; shall I speak truly or so as to humour you? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.101; εἰ ὑμῖν ἡδονὴ τοῦ ἡγεμονεύειν [prev. work] 160)]; ἡ. εἰσέρχεταί τινι εἰ.. one feels pleasure at the thought that.., [Refs ([prev. author] 1.24)]; ἡδονὴν ἔχειν τινός to be satisfied with.. , [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1604)]; ἡδονὴν ἔχει, φέρει, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 145.2, 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 263.6)]; ἡδονὴ ἰδέσθαι (like θαῦμα ἰδέσθαι), of a temple, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.137)]: with Preps. in adverb sense, δαίμοσιν πρὸς ἡδονήν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 494)]; ὃ μέν ἐστι πρὸς ἡ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.4)]; πρὸς ἡ. λέγειν to speak so as to please another, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 921, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.65; δημηγορεῖν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.38; οὐ πρὸς ἡ. οἱ ἦν τὰ ἀγγελλόμενα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.126; πάντα πρὸς ἡ. ἀκούοντας 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 8.34; later πρὸς ἡδονῆς εἶναί τινι 1st c.BC: Parthenius Mythographus 8.8, 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 12.1; καθ᾽ ἡδονὴν κλύειν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 197)]; καθ᾽ ἡδονήν [ἐστί] μοι with infinitive, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 263)]; καθ᾽ ἡ. τι δρᾶν, ποιεῖν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.37, 53; καθ᾽ ἡδονὰς τῷ δήμῳ τὰ πράγματα ἐνδιδόναι [prev. work] 65)]; ἐν ἡδονῇ ἐστί τινι it is a pleasure or delight to another, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.139)]; followed by infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 494)]; by accusative et infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.15)]; ἐν ἡδονῇ ἔχειν τινάς to take pleasure in them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.9)]; ἐν ἡδονῇ ἄρχοντες, opposed to οἱ λυπηροί, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 1.99; μεθ᾽ ἡδονῆς [prev. author] 4.19; ὑφ᾽ ἡδονῆς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 648, etc.)]; ὑπὸ τῆς ἡ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 24, 110.23: as _dative_ modi, ἡδονᾷ)] with pleasure, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1339 (Lyric poetry), compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.137 (_falsa lectio_).)]
2 concrete, a pleasure, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 873 (_plural_), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1072 (_plural_))]; ἡδοναὶ τραγημάτων sweetmeats, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Sopater Comicus 17.)]
3 [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus)], desires after pleasure, pleasant lusts, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.2.23, NT.Tit.3.3, +others)]
II in Ionic dialect Philosophers, taste, flavour, usually joined with χροιή, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Diogenes Apolloniates Philosophus 5, 5th c.BC: Anaxagoras Philosophus 4 (_plural_), compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 660b9, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.4.7, LXX.Num.11.8, 4th c.BC: Eudemus Philosophus cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 9.369f, Mnesith. cited in [same work] 8.357f.)]
Doric dialect ἁδονά (or in Trag. chorus ἡδονά [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1339))], ἡ, (ἥδομαι) enjoyment, pleasure, first in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 71, S.[same place], 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.24, +others)]; properly of sensual pleasures, αἱ τοῦ σώματος or περὶ τὸ σῶμα ἡ., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.8.22, 6.1.4)]; αἱ κατὰ τὸ σῶμα ἡ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 328d)]; σωματικαὶ ἡ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1151a13)]; αἱ περὶ πότους καὶ περὶ ἐδωδὰς ἡ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 389e)]; but also ἀκοῆς ἡ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.38)]; ἡ ἀπὸ τοῦ εἰδέναι ἡ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 582b)]; of malicious pleasure, ἡ ἐπὶ τοῖς τῶν φίλων κακοῖς, ἐπὶ ταῖς λοιδορίαις ἡ., [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Phlb.” 50a, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.138)]; ἡδονῇ ἡσσᾶσθαι, ἡδοναῖς χαρίζεσθαι, to give way to pleasure, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus [same place], 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 727c)]; κότερα ἀληθείη χρήσομαι ἢ ἡδον; shall I speak truly or so as to humour you? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.101; εἰ ὑμῖν ἡδονὴ τοῦ ἡγεμονεύειν [prev. work] 160)]; ἡ. εἰσέρχεταί τινι εἰ.. one feels pleasure at the thought that.., [Refs ([prev. author] 1.24)]; ἡδονὴν ἔχειν τινός to be satisfied with.. , [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1604)]; ἡδονὴν ἔχει, φέρει, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 145.2, 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 263.6)]; ἡδονὴ ἰδέσθαι (like θαῦμα ἰδέσθαι), of a temple, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.137)]: with Preps. in adverb sense, δαίμοσιν πρὸς ἡδονήν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 494)]; ὃ μέν ἐστι πρὸς ἡ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.4)]; πρὸς ἡ. λέγειν to speak so as to please another, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 921, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.65; δημηγορεῖν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.38; οὐ πρὸς ἡ. οἱ ἦν τὰ ἀγγελλόμενα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.126; πάντα πρὸς ἡ. ἀκούοντας 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 8.34; later πρὸς ἡδονῆς εἶναί τινι 1st c.BC: Parthenius Mythographus 8.8, 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 12.1; καθ᾽ ἡδονὴν κλύειν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 197)]; καθ᾽ ἡδονήν [ἐστί] μοι with infinitive, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 263)]; καθ᾽ ἡ. τι δρᾶν, ποιεῖν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.37, 53; καθ᾽ ἡδονὰς τῷ δήμῳ τὰ πράγματα ἐνδιδόναι [prev. work] 65)]; ἐν ἡδονῇ ἐστί τινι it is a pleasure or delight to another, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.139)]; followed by infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 494)]; by accusative et infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.15)]; ἐν ἡδονῇ ἔχειν τινάς to take pleasure in them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.9)]; ἐν ἡδονῇ ἄρχοντες, opposed to οἱ λυπηροί, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 1.99; μεθ᾽ ἡδονῆς [prev. author] 4.19; ὑφ᾽ ἡδονῆς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 648, etc.)]; ὑπὸ τῆς ἡ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 24, 110.23: as _dative_ modi, ἡδονᾷ)] with pleasure, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1339 (Lyric poetry), compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.137 (_falsa lectio_).)]
2 concrete, a pleasure, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 873 (_plural_), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1072 (_plural_))]; ἡδοναὶ τραγημάτων sweetmeats, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Sopater Comicus 17.)]
3 [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus)], desires after pleasure, pleasant lusts, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.2.23, NT.Tit.3.3, +others)]
II in Ionic dialect Philosophers, taste, flavour, usually joined with χροιή, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Diogenes Apolloniates Philosophus 5, 5th c.BC: Anaxagoras Philosophus 4 (_plural_), compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 660b9, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.4.7, LXX.Num.11.8, 4th c.BC: Eudemus Philosophus cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 9.369f, Mnesith. cited in [same work] 8.357f.)]