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ἐπιθῡμ-ητής G1938
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one who desires, luster after
A noun denoting someone who desires or longs for something, potentially in a neutral or negative sense. In 1 Corinthians 10:6, Paul warns believers not to be 'desirers (ἐπιθυμητάς) of evil things' as the Israelites were in the wilderness. The term can describe legitimate longing but here marks illicit craving—lust for what God forbids. Paul uses Israel's history as a warning against covetousness.
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Senses
1. sense 1 — Paul identifies the wilderness generation as 'desirers of evil.' The Spanish 'deseadores' and French 'désireux' capture the agent noun: people characterized by craving. The Israelites' murmuring for Egyptian food, their idolatry, their sexual immorality—all stemmed from evil desire. Paul applies this typologically: the baptized community must not repeat Israel's pattern of craving what leads to judgment. 1×
EMOTION_ATTITUDE › Attitudes and Emotions › Desire and Coveting
AR["مُشتَهينَ"]·ben["কামনাকারী"]·DE["begehrend"]·EN["desirers"]·FR["désireux"]·heb["מִתְאַוֵי-רָע"]·HI["लालची"]·ID["yang-menginginkan"]·IT["desideroso"]·jav["ingkang-ngersakaken"]·KO["탐하는-자들이"]·PT["cobiçadores"]·RU["желателями"]·ES["deseadores"]·SW["wenye-kutamani"]·TR["arzulayanlar"]·urd["خواہش-کرنے-والے"]
1 Cor 10:6
Related Senses
G2309 1. want, desire (166×)G0025 1. to love actively (133×)H0157 1. love (verb, active Qal) (129×)H8055 1. Qal: rejoice, be glad (123×)H7453 1. neighbor, fellow man (120×)G0026 1. of love (115×)H1058 1. Qal: to weep, cry (112×)H0954 1. to be ashamed, feel shame (Qal) (95×)H8057 1. joy, gladness, delight (90×)H2781 1. disgrace, shame, dishonor (68×)G2307 1. will, desire, purpose (63×)G5463 1. rejoice, be glad (63×)G0027 1. beloved (61×)H8130 1. Qal: to hate, detest (60×)G5479 1. (59×)G1680 1. (53×)H8130 2. Qal ptcp: hater, enemy (53×)H0014 1. be willing, want (51×)H0157 2. lover, friend (Qal participle substantive) (51×)H1945 1. woe (50×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
ἐπιθῡμ-ητής, οῖ, ὁ, one who longs for or desires, νεωτέρων ἔργων Refs 5th c.BC+; τιμῆς, σοφίας, Refs; φύσει πολέμου ἐ. NT+2nd c.AD+ __2. absolutely, lover, follower, Refs __2.b. one who lusts, LXX