G3715: ὄρεξις
órexis · “lust”
Definition
excitement of the mind, i.e. longing after
KJV translates it as: lust
Word origin: from G3713 (ὀρέγομαι);
Extended definition
ὄρεξις, -εως, ἡ
(ὀρέγομαι), [in LXX Wis.14:2 15:5 16:2-3, Sir.18:30 23:6, 4Ma.1:33 4Mac 1:35 * ;]
the most general ward for all kinds of desire, longing, appetite: of lust, Rom.1:27
SYN.: see: πάθος (AS)
(ὀρέγομαι), [in LXX Wis.14:2 15:5 16:2-3, Sir.18:30 23:6, 4Ma.1:33 4Mac 1:35 * ;]
the most general ward for all kinds of desire, longing, appetite: of lust, Rom.1:27
SYN.: see: πάθος (AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G3715 is translated
- desire ×1
Bible verses with G3715 (órexis)
Órexis appears in 1 verse.
- Romans 1:27
And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.