1.
to set ones heart upon, desire, lust after, covet G1937 G1937 = G1937 ἐπιθυμέω epithumeō G:V to long for ἐπιθυμέω, -ῶ (θυμός), [in LXX chiefly for אָוָה pi., hithp.; also for חָמַד, etc. ;] to set one's heart upon, desire, lust after, covet: absol., Jk 4:2, Rz 7:7 13:9" (LXX), 1Kor 10:6 (of. 4Ma.2:6); before κατά (against, in opposition to), Ga 5:17; prop. (as in cl.) with genitive, Dz 20:33, 1Tm 3:1; in late Gk. also with accusative (M, Pr., 65), Mt 5:28 (Rec. αὐτῆς; T omits; cf. Exo.20:17, Mic.2:2, Wis.16:3, itd.); with inf., Mt 13:17, Łk 15:16 16:21 17:22, 1P 1:12, Obj 9:6; with accusative and inf., Hbr 6:11; as in Hebrew, ἐπιθυμία ἐπεθύμησα, Łk 22:15.† SYN.: ὀρέγω (cf. Field, Notes, 204), θέλω (DCG. i, 453) (AS)