Lexicon orexis: desire, longing Original Word: ὄρεξις, εως, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: orexis Phonetic Spelling: (or'-ex-is) Short Definition: strong desire, lust Definition: strong desire, lust, appetite. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom the mid. of oregóDefinitiondesire, longing NASB Translationdesire (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 3715: ὄρεξιςὄρεξις, ὀρέξεως, ἡ ( ὀρέγομαι, which see), desire, longing, craving, for; eager desire, lust, appetite: of lust, Romans 1:27. It is used both in a good and a bad sense, as well of natural and lawful and even of proper cravings (of the appetite for food, Wis. 16:2f; Plutarch, mor., p. 635 c.; others; ἐπιστήμης, Plato, de fin., p. 414 b.), as also of corrupt and unlawful desires, Sir. 18:30 Sir. 23:6; ἄλογοι and λογιστικαι ὀρεξεις are contrasted in Aristotle, rhet. 1, 10, 7. (Cf. Trench, § lxxxvii.)
Strong's lust. From oregomai; excitement of the mind, i.e. Longing after -- lust. see GREEK oregomai |
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