Strong's Concordance hédoné: pleasure Original Word: ἡδονή, ῆς, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: hédoné Phonetic Spelling: (hay-don-ay') Short Definition: pleasure, lust, strong desire Definition: pleasure, a pleasure, especially sensuous pleasure; a strong desire, passion. HELPS Word-studies 2237 hēdonḗ (from hēdos, "pleasrable to the senses") – properly, sensual pleasure; what is enjoyable to the natural (physical) senses. 2237 /hēdonḗ ("satisfaction of physical appetite") has a strong negative connotation, generally referring to pleasure that is made an end in itself. That is, the satiation of bodily desires (lusts) at the expense of other things. [2237 /hēdonḗ is the root of the English terms, "hedonism," "hedonistic."] Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2237: ἡδονήἡδονή, ἡδονῆς, ἡ (ἥδομαι) (Simonides 117, Herodotus down), pleasure: 2 Peter 2:13; plural, Luke 8:14 (αἱ ἡδοναι τοῦ βίου); Titus 3:3; James 4:3; by metonymy, desires for pleasure (Grotius, cupiditates rerum voluptariarum), James 4:1. Strong's Exhaustive Concordance lust, pleasure. From handano (to please); sensual delight; by implication, desire -- lust, pleasure. Forms and Transliterations ηδοναις ηδοναίς ἡδοναῖς ηδονή ηδονην ηδονήν ἡδονὴν ηδονής ηδονων ηδονών ἡδονῶν ήδυναν ήδυνάν ηδυνθείη ηδύνθη ηδύνθης ηδύνθησαν ηδύνουσι edonais ēdonais edonen ēdonēn edonon ēdonōn hedonais hedonaîs hēdonais hēdonaîs hedonen hedonḕn hēdonēn hēdonḕn hedonon hedonôn hēdonōn hēdonō̂nLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 22375 Occurrences ἡδοναῖς — 2 Occ. ἡδονὴν — 1 Occ. ἡδονῶν — 2 Occ. Luke 8:14 N-GFP GRK: πλούτου καὶ ἡδονῶν τοῦ βίου NAS: and riches and pleasures of [this] life, KJV: and pleasures of [this] life, INT: riches and pleasures of life Titus 3:3 N-DFP James 4:1 N-GFP James 4:3 N-DFP 2 Peter 2:13 N-AFS |
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