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True Words Baptist Church — Revelation 21:5
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ORIGINAL WORD · STRONG’S

ἐπιθυμέω

G1937 · epithyméō · ep-ee-thoo-meh'-o · Greek

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Strong’s definition

to set the heart upon, i.e. long for (rightfully or otherwise)

KJV usage

:--covet, desire, would fain, lust (after).

18mapped occurrences
16verses
15KJV renderings
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KJV renderings in this mapping

shalt 2covet 2desire 2lust after 1have desired 1he would fain 1desiring 1ye shall desire 1I have desired 1coveted 1lusted 1lusteth 1desireth 1that 1lust 1

Strong’s is a useful concordance and lexical reference layer. It does not by itself determine the meaning of a word in every context and is not a substitute for the verse, passage, or full grammatical analysis. Hebrew / Aramaic XML data: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0).

Mapped occurrences

Matthew 5:28Mapped KJV word: lust after

But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

Matthew 13:17Mapped KJV word: have desired

For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.

Luke 15:16Mapped KJV word: he would fain

And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.

Luke 16:21Mapped KJV word: desiring

And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.

Luke 17:22Mapped KJV word: ye shall desire

And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it.

Luke 22:15Mapped KJV word: I have desired

And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer:

Acts 20:33Mapped KJV word: coveted

I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel.

Romans 7:7Mapped KJV word: shalt

What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.

Romans 7:7Mapped KJV word: covet

What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.

Romans 13:9Mapped KJV word: shalt

For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

Romans 13:9Mapped KJV word: covet

For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

1 Corinthians 10:6Mapped KJV word: lusted

Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.

Galatians 5:17Mapped KJV word: lusteth

For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

1 Timothy 3:1Mapped KJV word: desireth

This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.

Hebrews 6:11Mapped KJV word: that

And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:

James 4:2Mapped KJV word: lust

Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.

1 Peter 1:12Mapped KJV word: desire

Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.

Revelation 9:6Mapped KJV word: desire

And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.