Strong's #1937: epithumeo (pronounced ep-ee-thoo-meh'-o)

from 1909 and 2372; to set the heart upon, i.e. long for (rightfully or otherwise):--covet, desire, would fain, lust (after).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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epithumeō

1) to turn upon a thing

2) to have a desire for, long for, to desire

3) to lust after, covet

3a) of those who seek things forbidden

Part of Speech: verb

Relation: from G1909 and G2372

Citing in TDNT: 3:168, 339

Usage:

This word is used 16 times:

 

Matthew 5:28: "whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already"
Matthew 13:17: "prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and"
Luke 15:16: "And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks"
Luke 16:21: "And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from"
Luke 17:22: "The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days"
Luke 22:15: "unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with"
Acts 20:33: " I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel."
Romans 7:7: "the law had said, Thou shalt not covet."
Romans 13:9: "Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment,"
1 Corinthians 10:6: "should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted."
Galatians 5:17: "For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and"
1 Timothy 3:1: "If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work."
Hebrews 6:11: "And we desire that every one of you do show the same diligence"
James 4:2: " Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and"
1 Peter 1:12: "heaven; which things the angels desire to look into."
Revelation 9:6: "find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee"