Quick Definition
an eager desirer of
Strong's Definition
a craver
Derivation: from G1937 (ἐπιθυμέω);
KJV Usage: + lust after
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐπιθυμητής, ἐπιθυμητου, ὁ (ἐπιθυμέω), one who longs for, a craver, lover, one eager for: κακῶν, 1Co_10:6 (Num_11:4). In Greek writings from Herodotus down.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐπιθυμητής epithumētēs 1x
one who has an ardent desire for anything, 1Co_10:6
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἐπιθυμητής , -οῦ , ὁ
( < ἐπιθυμέω ),
[in LXX : Num_11:34 ( H183 hithp .); εἶναι ἐ ., Pro_1:22 ( H2530 ) * ;]
one longing for, lustful after: κακῶν , 1Co_10:6 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐπιθυμητής [page 239]
For ἐ . used in a bad sense as in 1Co_10:6 , Deissmann ( BS , p. 224) compares BGU II. 531 ii. 22 (ii/A.D.) ὡς οὔτε εἰμὶ ἄδικος οὔτε ἀ [λ ]λοτρίων ἐπιθυμητής . On the other hand cf. an inscr. from about the beginning of the Christian era, Syll 935 .40 ἵνα οὖν καὶ ὁ δῆμος φαίνηται εὐχάριστος καὶ τιμῶν τοὺς ἀρετῆι διαφέροντας πολλοί τε δόξης ἐπιθυμηταὶ γένωνται .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἐπιθυμητής ἐπιθυ_μητής, οῦ, [Etym: from ἐπιθυμέω] "one who longs for or desires" a thing, c. gen., Hdt. , etc. absol. "a lover", Xen.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἐπιθυμητής, -οῦ, ὁ
(ἐπιθυμέω) [in LXX: Num.11:34 (אָוָה hithp.); εἶναι ἐ., Pro.1:22 (חָמַד)* ;]
one longing for, lustful after: κακῶν, 1Co.10:6.†
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