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
ἐπιθυμητής (epithymētḗs): One who harbors intense craving or lust, especially for evil—active desire rather than passive wanting.
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ἐπιθυμητήςG1938
Pronunciationepithymētḗs
What does ἐπιθυμητής (epithymētḗs) mean in the Bible?
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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 Itfrom craving1×1 Corinthians 10:6
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First aligned row1 Corinthians 10:6
Aligned rows1
Books represented1
1 Corinthians1
Source forms
ἐπιθυμητὰς1xepithymētas1 Corinthians 10:6
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural1x1 Corinthians 10:6
Evidence Summary
Greek word. One who harbors intense craving or lust, especially for evil—active desire rather than passive wanting.
Strong'sG1938
Lexical occurrences1 verseGreek text appearances1 timeWord forms1 form1 referenceVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
a craver
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek 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 10:6Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
ἐπιθυμητὰςepiqumhtav
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 patterns1Aligned forms1Case patternAccusative (1)Number patternPlural (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Plural · Masculine1 Cor 10:61×
Word Origins
ἐπιθυμητής is built from this root: