3715. orexis
Strong's Concordance
orexis: desire, longing
Original Word: ὄρεξις, εως, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: orexis
Phonetic Spelling: (or'-ex-is)
Definition: desire, longing
Usage: strong desire, lust, appetite.
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from the mid. of oregó
Definition
desire, longing
NASB Translation
desire (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3715: ὄρεξις

ὄρεξις, ὀρέξεως, (ὀρέγομαι, which see), desire, longing, craving, for; eager desire, lust, appetite: of lust, Romans 1:27. It is used both in a good and a bad sense, as well of natural and lawful and even of proper cravings (of the appetite for food, Wis. 16:2f; Plutarch, mor., p. 635 c.; others; ἐπιστήμης, Plato, de fin., p. 414 b.), as also of corrupt and unlawful desires, Sir. 18:30 Sir. 23:6; ἄλογοι and λογιστικαι ὀρεξεις are contrasted in Aristotle, rhet. 1, 10, 7. (Cf. Trench, § lxxxvii.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
lust.

From oregomai; excitement of the mind, i.e. Longing after -- lust.

see GREEK oregomai

Forms and Transliterations
ορεξει ορέξει ὀρέξει orexei oréxei
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Englishman's Concordance
Romans 1:27 N-DFS
GRK: ἐν τῇ ὀρέξει αὐτῶν εἰς
NAS: and burned in their desire toward
KJV: in their lust one toward another; men
INT: in the desire of them toward

Strong's Greek 3715
1 Occurrence


ὀρέξει — 1 Occ.









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