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ἐπιθυμητής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπιθυμητής ἐπιθυμητές

Structure: ἐπιθυμητη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: from e)piqume/w

Sense

  1. one who longs for or desires
  2. a lover

Examples

  • καὶ ἐπιστρέφοντοσ τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ ἀπέστειλεν ὁ βασιλεὺσ Ναβουχοδονόσορ καὶ εἰσήνεγκεν αὐτὸν εἰσ Βαβυλῶνα μετὰ τῶν σκευῶν τῶν ἐπιθυμητῶν οἴκου Κυρίου καὶ ἐβασίλευσε Σεδεκίαν ἀδελφὸν τοῦ πατρὸσ αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ Ἰούδαν καὶ Ἱερουσαλήμ. (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 36:18)

Synonyms

  1. one who longs for or desires

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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