ἐπιθυμία, -ας, ἡ (έπιθυμέω), [na LXX principalmente por תַּאֲוָה, אָוָה; também por חֶמֶδ, etc. ;] desejo, anseio: Lc 22.15 (veja: ἐπιθυμέω), Fp 1.23, 1Ts 2.17, Ap 18.14; pl., Mc 4.19; esp. com referência a coisas proibidas, desejo, concupiscência (Vg., concupiscentia): Rm 7.7-8, Tg 1.14-15, 2Pe 1.4; pl., Gl 5.24, 1Tm 6.9, 2Tm 2.22, 4.3, 1Pe 1.14, 4.2; πάθος ἐπιθυμίας, 1Ts 4.5; ἐ. κακή, Cl 3.5; com genitivo, μιασμοῦ, 2Pe 2.10 (veja Mayor, in l); τ. καρδιῶν, Rm 1.24; τ. κόσμου (despertado pelo mundo), 1Jo 2.17; τ. σώματος, Rm 6.12; τ. ἀπάτης, Ef 4.22 (veja ICC, in l); τ. σαρκός, 1Jo 2.16, 2Pe 2.18 (sem art.), Gl 5.16; τ. ὀφθαλμῶν, 1Jo 2.16; σαρκικαὶ ἐ., 1Pe 2.11 (cf. 4Ma 1.32); κοσμικαί, Tt 2.12; εἰς ἐπιθυμίας, Rm 13.14; ποιεῖν τὰς ἐ., Jo 8.44; ὑπακούειν ταῖς ἐ., Rm 6.12; δουλεύειν, ἄγεσθαι, ἐπιθυμίαις, Tt 3.3, 2Tm 3.6; πορεύειθαι ἐν ἐ., 1Pe 4.3; κατά, Jd 16, 18, 2Pe 3.3; ἀναστρέφεσθαι ἐν ταῖς ἐ., Ef 2.3.† SIN.: πάθος (o qual veja), ὄρεξις (AS)