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ἐπιθυμίᾱ

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπιθυμίᾱ ἐπιθυμίας

Structure: ἐπιθυμι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: e)piqume/w

Sense

  1. yearning, longing, desire, craving
  2. Often with a negative connotation: lust

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ὅτι ἐπαινεῖται ὁ ἁμαρτωλὸσ ἐν ταῖσ ἐπιθυμίαισ τῆσ ψυχῆσ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ὁ ἀδικῶν ἐνευλογεῖται. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 9:24)
  • ἐπιθυμίαι ἀσεβῶν κακαί, αἱ δὲ ρίζαι τῶν εὐσεβῶν ἐν ὀχυρώμασι. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 12:13)
  • ἐν ἐπιθυμίαισ ἐστὶ πᾶσ ἀεργόσ, χεῖρεσ δὲ ἀνδρείων ἐν ἐπιμελείᾳ. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 13:4)
  • ἐπιθυμίαι εὐσεβῶν ἡδύνουσι ψυχήν, ἔργα δὲ ἀσεβῶν μακρὰν ἀπὸ γνώσεωσ. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 13:20)
  • ἐπιθυμίαι ὀκνηρὸν ἀποκτείνουσιν, οὐ γὰρ προαιροῦνται αἱ χεῖρεσ αὐτοῦ ποιεῖν τι. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 21:24)
  • νῦν οὖν πεπόρευσαι. ἐπιθυμίᾳ γὰρ ἐπεθύμησασ ἀπελθεῖν εἰσ τὸν οἶκον τοῦ πατρόσ σου. ἱνατί ἔκλεψασ τοὺσ θεούσ μου̣ (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 31:30)
  • εἰσ βουλὴν αὐτῶν μὴ ἔλθοι ἡ ψυχή μου, καὶ ἐπὶ τῇ συστάσει αὐτῶν μὴ ἐρείσαι τὰ ἥπατά μου, ὅτι ἐν τῷ θυμῷ αὐτῶν ἀπέκτειναν ἀνθρώπουσ καὶ ἐν τῇ ἐπιθυμίᾳ αὐτῶν ἐνευροκόπησαν ταῦρον. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 49:6)
  • ἀλλ̓ ἢ ἐν πάσῃ ἐπιθυμίᾳ σου θύσεισ καὶ φαγῇ κρέα κατὰ τὴν εὐλογίαν Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ σου, ἣν ἔδωκέ σοι ἐν πάσῃ πόλει. ὁ ἀκάθαρτοσ ἐν σοὶ καὶ ὁ καθαρὸσ ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ φάγεται αὐτό, ὡσ δορκάδα ἢ ἔλαφον. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 12:15)
  • Ἐὰν δὲ ἐμπλατύνῃ Κύριοσ ὁ Θεόσ σου τὰ ὅριά σου, καθάπερ ἐλάλησέ σοι, καὶ ἐρεῖσ. φάγομαι κρέα, ἐὰν ἐπιθυμήσῃ ἡ ψυχή σου ὥστε φαγεῖν κρέα, ἐν πάσῃ ἐπιθυμίᾳ τῆσ ψυχῆσ σου φαγῇ κρέα. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 12:20)
  • Κύριε, ἐναντίον σου πᾶσα ἡ ἐπιθυμία μου, καὶ ὁ στεναγμόσ μου ἀπὸ σοῦ οὐκ ἀπεκρύβη. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 37:10)

Synonyms

  1. yearning

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