# lust, lustful, passions, desires

## Definition:

Lust is a very strong desire, usually in the context of wanting something sinful or immoral. To lust is to have lust.

* In the Bible, “lust” usually referred to sexual desire for someone other than one’s own spouse.
* Sometimes this term was used in a figurative sense to refer to worshiping idols.
* Depending on the context, “lust” could be translated as “wrong desire” or “strong desire” or “wrongful sexual desire” or “strong immoral desire” or to “strongly desire to sin.”
* The phrase to “lust after” could be translated as to “wrongly desire” or to “think immorally about” or to “immorally desire.”

(See also: [adultery](../kt/adultery.md), [false god](../kt/falsegod.md))

## Bible References:

* [1 John 2:16](rc://en/tn/help/1jn/02/16)
* [2 Timothy 2:22](rc://en/tn/help/2ti/02/22)
* [Galatians 5:16](rc://en/tn/help/gal/05/16)
* [Galatians 5:19-21](rc://en/tn/help/gal/05/19)
* [Genesis 39:7-9](rc://en/tn/help/gen/39/07)
* [Matthew 5:28](rc://en/tn/help/mat/05/28)

## Word Data:

* Strong’s: H0183, H0185, H0310, H1730, H2181, H2183, H2530, H5178, H5375, H5689, H5691, H5869, H7843, G07660, G19370, G19390, G22370, G37150, G38060
