King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G3715
Transliteration: orexis
Phonetic Spelling: (or'-ex-is)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: desire, longing
Meaning: desire, longing
ὄρεξις, ὀρέξεως, ἡ (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.)
Word Summary
orexis: desire, longing
Original Word: ὄρεξιςTransliteration: orexis
Phonetic Spelling: (or'-ex-is)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: desire, longing
Meaning: desire, longing
Strong's Concordance
lust. From oregomai; excitement of the mind, i.e. Longing after -- lust.
see GREEK oregomai
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3715: ὄρεξιςὄρεξις, ὀρέξεως, ἡ (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.)