Lexical Summary hēdonē: pleasure Original Word: ἡδονήTransliteration: hēdonē Phonetic Spelling: (hay-don-ay') Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: pleasure Meaning: pleasure Strong's Concordance lust, pleasure. From handano (to please); sensual delight; by implication, desire -- lust, pleasure. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2237: ἡδονήἡδονή, ἡδονῆς, ἡ (ἥδομαι) (Simonides 117, Herodotus down), pleasure: 2 Peter 2:13; plural, Luke 8:14 (αἱ ἡδοναι τοῦ βίου); Titus 3:3; James 4:3; by metonymy, desires for pleasure (Grotius, cupiditates rerum voluptariarum), James 4:1. |
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