hēdonas

ἡδονή,
Doric dialect ἁδονά (or in Trag. chorus ἡδονά Refs 5th c.BC+, ἡ, (ἥδομαι) enjoyment, pleasure, first in Refs 5th c.BC+; properly of sensual pleasures, αἱ τοῦ σώματος or περὶ τὸ σῶμα ἡ., Refs 5th c.BC+; αἱ κατὰ τὸ σῶμα ἡ. Refs 5th c.BC+; σωματικαὶ ἡ. Refs 4th c.BC+; αἱ περὶ πότους καὶ περὶ ἐδωδὰς ἡ. Refs 5th c.BC+; but also ἀκοῆς ἡ. Refs 5th c.BC+; ἡ ἀπὸ τοῦ εἰδέναι ἡ. Refs 5th c.BC+; of malicious pleasure, ἡ ἐπὶ τοῖς τῶν φίλων κακοῖς, ἐπὶ ταῖς λοιδορίαις ἡ., Refs 4th c.BC+; ἡδονῇ ἡσσᾶσθαι, ἡδοναῖς χαρίζεσθαι, to give way to pleasure, Refs 5th c.BC+; κότερα ἀληθείη χρήσομαι ἢ ἡδον; shall I speak truly or so as to humour you? Refs 5th c.BC+; ἡ. εἰσέρχεταί τινι εἰ.. one feels pleasure at the thought that.., Refs; ἡδονὴν ἔχειν τινός to be satisfied with.. , Refs 5th c.BC+; ἡδονὴν ἔχει, φέρει, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἡδονὴ ἰδέσθαι (like θαῦμα ἰδέσθαι), of a temple, Refs 5th c.BC+: with Preps. in adverb sense, δαίμοσιν πρὸς ἡδονήν Refs 4th c.BC+; ὃ μέν ἐστι πρὸς ἡ. Refs 4th c.BC+; πρὸς ἡ. λέγειν to speak so as to please another, Refs 5th c.BC+; καθ᾽ ἡδονήν [ἐστί] μοι with infinitive, Refs 4th c.BC+; καθ᾽ ἡ. τι δρᾶν, ποιεῖν, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐν ἡδονῇ ἐστί τινι it is a pleasure or delight to another, Refs 5th c.BC+; followed by infinitive, Refs 5th c.BC+; by accusative et infinitive, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐν ἡδονῇ ἔχειν τινάς to take pleasure in them, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐν ἡδονῇ ἄρχοντες, opposed to οἱ λυπηροί, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὑπὸ τῆς ἡ. Refs 2nd c.AD+ with pleasure, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 concrete, a pleasure, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἡδοναὶ τραγημάτων sweetmeats, Refs 4th c.BC+
3 Refs 5th c.BC+, desires after pleasure, pleasant lusts, NT+5th c.BC+
II in Ionic dialect Philosophers, taste, flavour, usually joined with χροιή, LXX+5th c.BC+

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.