What does ἐπιθυμητής (epithymētḗs) mean in the Bible?
ἐπιθυμητής (epithymētḗs): One who harbors intense craving or lust, especially for evil—active desire rather than passive wanting.
Greek · G1938
ἐπιθυμητής
A craver
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ἐπιθυμητής G1938
Pronunciation epithymētḗs
What does ἐπιθυμητής (epithymētḗs) mean in the Bible?
ἐπιθυμητής (epithymētḗs): One who harbors intense craving or lust, especially for evil—active desire rather than passive wanting.
Full entry for ἐπιθυμητής (G1938) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1938?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include from craving (1).
Where does ἐπιθυμητής (epithymētḗs) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 1 Corinthians 10:6. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Corinthians (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It from craving 1× 1 Corinthians 10:6
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First aligned row 1 Corinthians 10:6
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
1 Corinthians 1
Source forms
ἐπιθυμητὰς 1x epithymētas 1 Corinthians 10:6
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural 1x 1 Corinthians 10:6
Evidence Summary
Greek word. One who harbors intense craving or lust, especially for evil—active desire rather than passive wanting.
Strong's G1938
Lexical occurrences 1 verse Greek text appearances 1 time Word forms 1 form 1 reference Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
a craver
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
1 Corinthians 10:6 Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
ἐπιθυμητὰς epiqumhtav
an eager desirer of
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 1 Case pattern Accusative (1) Number pattern Plural (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Plural · Masculine 1 Cor 10:6 1×
Word Origins
ἐπιθυμητής is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain