Dictionaries :: Desire (Noun and Verb), Desirous

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Desire (Noun and Verb), Desirous:

"a desire, craving, longing, mostly of evil desires," frequently translated "lust," is used in the following, of good "desires:" of the Lord's "wish" concerning the last Passover, Luk 22:15; of Paul's "desire" to be with Christ, Phl 1:23; of his "desire" to see the saints at Thessalonica again, 1Th 2:17.

With regard to evil "desires," in Col 3:5 the RV has "desire," for the AV, "concupiscence;" in 1Th 4:5, RV, "lust," for AV, "concupiscence;" there the preceding word pathos is translated "passion," RV, for AV, "lust" (see AFFECTION); also in Col 3:5 pathos and epithumia are associated, RV, "passion," for AV, "inordinate affection." Epithumia is combined with pathema, in Gal 5:24; for the AV, "affections and lusts," the RV has "passions, and the lusts thereof." Epithumia is the more comprehensive term, including all manner of "lusts and desires;" pathema denotes suffering; in the passage in Gal. (l.c.) the sufferings are those produced by yielding to the flesh; pathos points more to the evil state from which "lusts" spring. Cp. orexis, "lust," Rom 1:27.
See CONCUPISCENCE, LUST, and Trench, Syn. lxxxvii.

Desire (Noun and Verb), Desirous:

lit., "good pleasure" (eu, "well," dokeo, "to seem"), implies a gracious purpose, a good object being in view, with the idea of a resolve, showing the willingness with which the resolve is made. It is often translated "good pleasure," e.g., Eph 1:5, 9; Phl 2:13; in Phl 1:15, "good will;" in Rom 10:1, "desire," (marg., "good pleasure"); in 2Th 1:11, RV, "desire," AV and RV, marg., "good pleasure."

It is used of God in Mat 11:26 ("well pleasing," RV, for AV, "seemed good"); Luk 2:14, RV, "men in whom He is well pleased," lit., "men of good pleasure" (the construction is objective); Luk 10:21; Eph 1:5, 9; Phl 2:13.
See PLEASURE, SEEM, WILL.

Desire (Noun and Verb), Desirous:

"an earnest desire, a longing for" (epi, "upon," intensive, potheo, "to desire"), is found in 2Cr 7:7, 11, AV, "earnest desire," and "vehement desire;" RV, "longing" in both places.
See LONGING.

Desire (Noun and Verb), Desirous:

with the same meaning as No. 3, is used in Rom 15:23, RV, "longing," AV, "great desire." Cp. epipothetos, Phl 4:1, "longed for," and epipotheo, "to long for" [see B, Note (4)].
See LONGING.

Desire (Noun and Verb), Desirous:

denotes "a will, that which is willed" (akin to B, No. 6). It is rendered "desires," in Eph 2:3.
See PLEASURE, WILL.

Note: In 1Pe 4:3, RV, boulema is rendered "desire."
See WILL.

Desire (Noun and Verb), Desirous:

"to deem worthy," is translated "desire" in Act 28:22, where a suitable rendering would be "We think it meet (or good) to hear of thee;" so in Act 15:38.
See THINK.

Desire (Noun and Verb), Desirous:

"to desire earnestly" (as with A, No. 1), stresses the inward impulse rather than the object desired. It is translated "to desire" in Luk 16:21; 17:22; 22:15; 1Ti 3:1; Hbr 6:11; 1Pe 1:12; Rev 9:6.
See COVET.

Desire (Noun and Verb), Desirous:

in Luk 7:36 is translated "desired;" in Luk 14:32, RV, "asketh," for AV, "desireth;" so in Jhn 12:21; Act 16:39; 18:20; 23:20; in ver. 18 "asked," for AV, "prayed."
See ASK.

Desire (Noun and Verb), Desirous:

"to have a strong affection for, a yearning after," is found in 1Th 2:8, "being affectionately desirous of you." It is probably derived from a root indicating remembrance.

Desire (Noun and Verb), Desirous:

"to reach or stretch out," is used only in the Middle Voice, signifying the mental effort of stretching oneself out for a thing, of longing after it, with stress upon the object desired (cp. No. 2); it is translated "desire" in Hbr 11:16; in 1Ti 3:1, RV, "seeketh," for AV, "desireth;" in 1Ti 6:10, RV, "reached after," for AV, "coveted after." In Hbr 11:16, a suitable rendering would be "reach after."
See COVET, SEEK. Cp. orexis, lust, Rom 1:27.

Desire (Noun and Verb), Desirous:

"to will, to wish," implying volition and purpose, frequently a determination, is most usually rendered "to will." It is translated "to desire" in the RV of the following: Mat 9:13; 12:7; Mar 6:19; Luk 10:29; 14:28; 23:20; Act 24:27; 25:9; Gal 4:17; 1Ti 5:11; Hbr 12:17; 13:18.
See DISPOSED, FORWARD, INTEND, LIST, LOVE, MEAN, PLEASED, RATHER, VOLUNTARY, WILL.

Desire (Noun and Verb), Desirous:

"to wish, to will deliberately," expresses more strongly than thelo (No. 6) the deliberate exercise of the will; it is translated "to desire" in the RV of the following: Act 22:30; 23:28; 27:43; 28:18; 1Ti 2:8; 5:14; 6:9; Jud 1:5.
See DISPOSED, INTEND, LIST, MINDED, WILLING, WISH, WOULD.

Desire (Noun and Verb), Desirous:

"to have a zeal for, to be zealous towards," whether in a good or evil sense, the former in 1Cr 14:1, concerning spiritual gifts RV, "desire earnestly," AV, "desire;" in an evil sense, in Jam 4:2, RV, "covet," for AV, "desire to have."

Desire (Noun and Verb), Desirous:

"to ask," is rendered "to desire" in AV, e.g., in Mat 20:20; Luk 23:25 [RV, always "to ask (for)"].

Desire (Noun and Verb), Desirous:

is translated "earnestly desiring" in 2Pe 3:12, RV.
See HASTE.

Note: The following are translated by the verb "to desire" in the AV.

(1) Eperotao, No. 3, with epi, intensive, "to ask, interrogate, inquire of, consult, or to demand of a person;" in Mat 16:1, RV, "asked."
See ASK.

(2) Zeteo, "to seek;" in Mat 12:46, 47, RV, "seeking;" in Luk 9:9, RV, "sought."
See ENDEAVOR, GO, Note (2), (a), INQUIRE, REQUIRE, SEEK.

(3) Epizeteo, "to seek earnestly" (No. 2, with epi, intensive), in Act 13:7, RV, "sought;" in Phl 4:17, RV, "seek for" (twice).
See INQUIRE, SEEK.

(4) Epipotheo, "to long after, to lust;" in 2Cr 5:2, RV, "longing;" in 1Th 3:6; 2Ti 1:4, RV, "longing;" in 1Pe 2:2, RV, "long for." See A, Nos. 3, 4.
See LONG, LUST.

(5) Exaiteomai, intensive of No. 9, occurs in Luk 22:31.

(6) For parakaleo, see BESEECH, EXHORT, INTREAT.

(7) For "desirous of vain glory," see VAINGLORY.