- ἡδονή
- ἡδονή, ῆς, ἡ (s. prec. entry; Pre-Socr., Trag., Hdt.+).① state or condition of experiencing pleasure for any reason, pleasure, delight, enjoyment, pleasantness (Diod S 3, 10, 2; Pr 17:1; Jos., Ant. 3, 19; 4, 88) ἡδονὴν ἡγεῖσθαί τι consider someth. pleasure 2 Pt 2:13. ἡδονὴν ἔχει τί τινι someth. causes pleasure to someone 2 Cl 15:5. Of a desire to do good (Pla., Aristot.; Jos., C. Ap. 2, 189) Hs 6, 5, 7.—Usu. in a bad sense: (evil) pleasure, (illicit) desire (Demosth. 18, 138 ἐπὶ τ. λοιδορίαις ἡδ. ‘delight in reviling’; Musonius 89, 16f: opp. ἀρετή. Oft. Philo, Herm. Wr.; Ath. 34, 1 πάσης αἰσχρᾶς ἡδονῆς) more fully ἡδ. κακή ITr 6:2; IPhld 2:2. Usu. pl. (Vett. Val. 76, 1; 4 Macc 5:23; 6:35; Just., A I, 21, 5) τοῦ βίου pleasures of life Lk 8:14; IRo 7:3. Abs. (w. ἐπιθυμίαι, as Dio Chrys. 32 [49], 9; Ael. Aristid. 35, 27 K.=9 p. 108 D.; 4 Macc 5:23; Philo, Agr. 83; 84 al.; Mel., P. 50, 361) Tit 3:3; Dg 9:1.—Js 4:1, 3; Dg 6:5; Hs 8, 8, 5; 8, 9, 4. πρὸς ἡδονὴν ἐδέσμευεν the devil bound humanity to its lust AcPlCor 2:11.② pleasurable experience of sensation, agreeable taste (Sopater in Athen. 14, 649a ἡδ. τραγημάτων al.; Num 11:8; Wsd 16:20; Jos., Ant. 3, 28) ἡδονὴν ἔχειν have a pleasant taste Hm 10, 3, 3. ἡδονὴ τοῦ οἴνου 12, 5, 3.—Renehan ’75, 100. DELG s.v. ἥδομαι A. M-M. TW. Sv.
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