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lust
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."
Bible References:
- 1 John 02:15-17
- 2 Timothy 02:22-23
- Galatians 05:16-18
- Galatians 05:19-21
- Genesis 39:7-9
- Matthew 05:27-28
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