Lexical Summary orexis: desire, longing Original Word: ὄρεξιςTransliteration: orexis Phonetic Spelling: (or'-ex-is) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: desire, longing Meaning: desire, longing Strong's Concordance lust. From oregomai; excitement of the mind, i.e. Longing after -- lust. see GREEK oregomai Thayer's Greek Lexicon 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.) |
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