ἐπιθυμέω

ἐπιθυμέω impf. ἐπεθύμουν; fut. ἐπιθυμήσω; 1 aor. ἐπεθύμησα (θυμέομαι ‘set one’s heart on a thing’; Aeschyl., Hdt.+).

① to have a strong desire to do or secure someth., desire, long for w. gen. of the thing desired (Hdt. 2, 66; X., Mem. 1, 6, 5; Ex 34:24; Ps 44:12; Pr 23:3, 6; EpArist 223; TestSol 16:2; ApcMos 6; Jos., Ant. 12, 309) silver, gold, clothing Ac 20:33; a good work 1 Ti 3:1; earthly things 2 Cl 5:6; someth. that belongs to another Hs 1:11. W. acc. of thing (Teles p. 42, 12; Diod S 37, 29, 2 τὸν πλοῦτον; Tetrast. Iamb. 2, 22, 1 p. 292; Mi 2:2; Wsd 16:3; Sir 1:26; 16:1; 40:22; EpArist 211) τὰ τοῦ πλησίον D 2:3; cp. B 19:6 (Ar. 15, 4 τὰ ἀλλότρια). τὴν οἰκοδομὴν αὐτοῦ Hs 9, 9, 7. μηδέν IRo 4:3. κόσμον 7:1. πονηρὸν ἔργον Hv 1, 2, 4. W. inf. foll. (Soph., Hdt. al.; POxy 963; Is 58:2; Sus 15 Theod.; TestSol 9:2; TestJob 11:1; ApcSed 2:1; Jos., Bell. 6, 112; Just., D. 126, 6; Ath. 11, 2) Mt 13:17; Lk 15:16; 16:21; 17:22; 1 Pt 1:12; Rv 9:6; B 16:10; Hs 9, 1, 10; 2 Cl 5:7; Pol 1:3; MPol 17:1; 19:1; AcPl Ha 2, 12. Foll. by acc. and inf. Hb 6:11. Abs. (Is 58:11; 4 Macc 2:6; JosAs 24:18) Ro 7:7; 13:9 (SLyonnet, OCullmann Festschr., ’62, 157–65) (both Ex 20:17); 1 Cor 10:6; Js 4:2.—ἐπιθυμίᾳ ἐπιθυμεῖν eagerly desire (Gen 31:30; cp. Diod S 16, 61, 3 νόσῳ νοσεῖν=be very ill) Lk 22:15; GEb 308, 32; s. B-D-F §198, 6; Rob. 531; Mlt-H. 443f. ἐ. κατά τινος desire against or rise in protest against someth. Gal 5:17.

② to have sexual interest in someone, desire, w. acc. of pers. (referring to γυναῖκα; cp. En 6:2) αὐτήν (not in ancient Gk., but used in Ex 20:17; cp. Sir 1:26. It is lacking in some witnesses; others have αὐτῆς, which corresponds to X., An. 4, 1, 14; Dt 21:11; Sus 8; Philo, Spec. Leg. 3, 66; Just., D 134, 1) with a strong desire for her, with lust for her (i.e., someone else’s wife; s. Betz, SM ad loc.) Mt 5:28 (cp. Ex 20:17; Dt 5:21; 4 Macc 2:5; lead tablet fr. Hadrumetum lines 44f: Dssm., B 31 [BS 274ff, s. p. 277] and IDefixWünsch 5 p. 25f μηδεμίαν ἄλλην γυναῖκα μήτε παρθένον ἐπιθυμοῦντα). Cp. Hv 1, 1, 4. W. gen. of pers. Hs 9, 13, 8—B. 1162. DELG s.v. θυμός. M-M. TW.