noun · feminine
orexias
Greekὄρεξις (orexis)
Strong’sG3715
strong desire, lust
stem orexi-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
** ὄρεξις, -εως, ἡ
(< ὀρέγομαι), [in LXX Wi 14:2 15:5 16:2, 3, Si 18:30 23:6, IV Mac 1:33, 35*;]
SYN.: v.s. πάθος.
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3715 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidor'-ex-is
excitement of the mind, i.e. longing after
Fromfrom G3713;
King Jameslust.
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 | orexias | orexiais |
| object accusative | orexian | orexiain |
| direct address vocative | orexiar | orexiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | orexiau | orexiaiu |
| to, for dative | orexia1×ὀρέξει | orexiai |
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
orexia 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
orexia“lust”to, fordative singular1×
Romans 1:27“lust”homoiōs tē kai tois arsēnois afiēkaratois tan fusikan chrēsian tau thēluau ekkaiila en ta orexia autoiu eis allēloin, arsēnois en arsēnoi tan aschēmosunan katergazerōtois kai tan antimisthian han date tau planau autoiu en heautoi apolambarōtois.Likewise, the men abandoned natural relations with women and burned with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.