Strong G3715ὄρεξις
lust
- Transliteration
- orexis
- Pronunciation
- or'-ex-is
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G3713; excitement of the mind that is longing after: - lust.
Detailed definition
ὄρεξις, -εως, ἡ
(ὀρέγομαι), [in LXX Wis.14:2 15:5 16:2-3, Sir.18:30 23:6, 4Ma.1:33 4Mac 1:35 *;]
the most general ward for all kinds of desire, longing, appetite: of lust, Rom.1:27
SYN.: see: πάθος (AS)
(ὀρέγομαι), [in LXX Wis.14:2 15:5 16:2-3, Sir.18:30 23:6, 4Ma.1:33 4Mac 1:35 *;]
the most general ward for all kinds of desire, longing, appetite: of lust, Rom.1:27
SYN.: see: πάθος (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3715 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- lust1
First verses
- Romans 1:27And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ὄρεξις, εως, ἡ,
(ὀρέγω) general word for all kinds of appetency, conation, including ἐπιθυμία, θυμός, βούλησις, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Anima” 414b2, compare 433a13, +others, “Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 3.40, 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 202, 4th c.AD: Metrodorus Epigrammaticus “Herc.” 831.16, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Mus.” p.78)] K.; opposed to φυγή, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Anima” 431a12)]; opposed to ἔκκλισις, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 1.4.1, 2nd c.AD: Marcus Antoninus Imperator 8.7.)]
1 with genitive objecti, longing or yearning after a thing, desire for it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 219, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Definitiones” 414b, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1119b7, “de An.” 414b6, +others: more rarely, ὄ. ἐπί τι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.48c; περί τι 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 72.)]
2 absolutely, propension, appetency, ὄ. βουλευτική [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1113a11)]; ὄ. διανοητική[Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 1139b5; [ἐπιθυμίαι τινὲς] εὐδιάχυτον τὴν ὄ. ἔχουσιν 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Sententiae” 26.)]
(ὀρέγω) general word for all kinds of appetency, conation, including ἐπιθυμία, θυμός, βούλησις, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Anima” 414b2, compare 433a13, +others, “Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 3.40, 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 202, 4th c.AD: Metrodorus Epigrammaticus “Herc.” 831.16, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Mus.” p.78)] K.; opposed to φυγή, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Anima” 431a12)]; opposed to ἔκκλισις, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 1.4.1, 2nd c.AD: Marcus Antoninus Imperator 8.7.)]
1 with genitive objecti, longing or yearning after a thing, desire for it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 219, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Definitiones” 414b, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1119b7, “de An.” 414b6, +others: more rarely, ὄ. ἐπί τι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.48c; περί τι 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 72.)]
2 absolutely, propension, appetency, ὄ. βουλευτική [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1113a11)]; ὄ. διανοητική[Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 1139b5; [ἐπιθυμίαι τινὲς] εὐδιάχυτον τὴν ὄ. ἔχουσιν 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Sententiae” 26.)]