Exodus 15:9
The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
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Lust
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1 John 2:17
And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
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3 occurrences in 3 verses.
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ἐπιθυμία
epithymía · ep-ee-thoo-mee'-ah
9 times translated as this KJV form38 total Strong's occurrences
a longing (especially for what is forbidden)
Strong's KJV usage: :--concupiscence, desire, lust (after).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Romans 7:7Strong's last: 1 John 2:17
Open full G1939 profile →ἐπιθυμέω
epithyméō · ep-ee-thoo-meh'-o
2 times translated as this KJV form18 total Strong's occurrences
to set the heart upon, i.e. long for (rightfully or otherwise)
Strong's KJV usage: :--covet, desire, would fain, lust (after).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 5:28Strong's last: James 4:2
Open full G1937 profile →נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh · neh'-fesh
2 times translated as this KJV form738 total Strong's occurrences
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Strong's KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, × dead(-ly), desire, × (dis-) contented, × fish, ghost, greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, × jeopardy of) life (× in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, slay, soul, tablet, they, thing, (× she) will, × would have it.
Strong's first: Exodus 15:9Strong's last: Psalms 78:18
Open full H5315 profile →αὐτός
autós · ow-tos'
1 times translated as this KJV form5,718 total Strong's occurrences
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the compound G1438) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
Strong's KJV usage: :--her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, (self-), the) same, ((him-, my-, thy- )self, (your-)selves, she, that, their(-s), them(-selves), there(-at, - by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with), they, (these) things, this (man), those, together, very, which.
Strong's first: Romans 1:27Strong's last: Romans 1:27
Open full G846 profile →πάθος
páthos · path'-os
1 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
properly, suffering ("pathos"), i.e. (subjectively) a passion (especially concupiscence)
Strong's KJV usage: :-- (inordinate) affection, lust.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Thessalonians 4:5Strong's last: 1 Thessalonians 4:5
Open full G3806 profile →חָמַד
châmad · khaw-mad'
1 times translated as this KJV form21 total Strong's occurrences
to delight in
Strong's KJV usage: beauty, greatly beloved, covet, delectable thing, (× great) delight, desire, goodly, lust, (be) pleasant (thing), precious (thing).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Proverbs 6:25Strong's last: Proverbs 6:25
Open full H2530 profile →שְׁרִירוּת
shᵉrîyrûwth · sher-ee-rooth'
1 times translated as this KJV form10 total Strong's occurrences
obstinacy
Strong's KJV usage: imagination, lust.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Psalms 81:12Strong's last: Psalms 81:12
Open full H8307 profile →תַּאֲוָה
taʼăvâh · tah-av-aw'
1 times translated as this KJV form19 total Strong's occurrences
a longing; by implication, a delight (subjectively, satisfaction, objectively, a charm)
Strong's KJV usage: dainty, desire, × exceedingly, × greedily, lust(ing), pleasant. See also 6914.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Psalms 78:30Strong's last: Psalms 78:30
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H5315
The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
H5315
And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
H8378
They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths,
H8307
So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels.
H2530
Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
G1937
But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
G846
And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
G1939
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.
no direct Strong's tag
Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.
G1939
This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
G3806
Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:
G1939
But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
G1939
Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
G1937
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.
G1939
Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
G1939
But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.
G1939
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
G1939
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
G1939
And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
English meaning and historical usage.
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lust
LUST, noun
1. Longing desire; eagerness to possess or enjoy; as the lust of gain.
My lust shall be satisfied upon them. Exodus 15:9.
2. Concupiscence; carnal appetite; unlawful desire of carnal pleasure. Romans 1:27. 2 Peter 2:10.
3. Evil propensity; depraved affections and desires. James 1:14. Psalms 81:12.
4. Vigor; active power. [Not used.]
LUST, verb intransitive
1. To desire eagerly; to long; with after.
Thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after. Deuteronomy 12:15.
2. To have carnal desire; to desire eagerly the gratification of carnal appetite.
LUST not after her beauty in thy heart. Proverbs 6:25.
Whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her, hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. Matthew 5:28.
3. To have irregular or inordinate desires.
The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy. James 4:2.
LUST not after evil things as they also lusted. 1 Corinthians 10:6.
4. To list; to like.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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