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lust, lusts, lusted, lusting, lustful, desire, desires, desired, crave, craves

Definition:

Lust is a very strong desire, usually for 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."
• To "crave" is to desire strongly.

(See also: adultery, false god)

Bible References:

• 1 John 02:16
• 2 Timothy 02:22
• Galatians 05:16
• Galatians 05:19-21
• Genesis 39:7-9
• Matthew 05:28

Word Data:

• Strong's: H183, H185, H1730, H2181, H2183, H2530, H2532, H2656, H5178, H5315, H5375, H5689, H5691, H5869, H7843, G766, G1014, G1937, G1939, G3713, G3715, G3806