noun · masculine
epithumētos
Greekἐπιθυμητής (epithumētēs)
Strong’sG1938
an eager desirer of
stem epithumēt-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
ἐπιθυμητής, -οῦ, ὁ
(< ἐπιθυμέω) [in LXX: Nu 11:34 (אָוָה hithp.); εἶναι ἐ., Pr 1:22 (חָמַד)*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1938 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidep-ee-thoo-may-tace'
a craver
Fromfrom G1937;
King James+ lust after.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | epithumētos | epithumētois |
| object accusative | epithumēton | epithumētoin1×ἐπιθυμητὰς |
| direct address vocative | epithumētor | epithumētoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | epithumētou | epithumētoiu |
| to, for dative | epithumēto | epithumētoi |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
epithumēto is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
epithumētoin“desirers”objectaccusative plural1×
1 Corinthians 10:6“desirers”Houteim de tupois nu ginila, eis tem mē arō nin epithumētoin kakeiu, kathōs kakeinois epithumala.These things took place as examples to keep us from craving evil things as they did.