4 occurrences
'Desires' in the Bible
Like children ruled by God, do not go back to the old desires of the time when you were without knowledge:
My loved ones, I make this request with all my heart, that, as those for whom this world is a strange country, you will keep yourselves from the desires of the flesh which make war against the soul;
Verse Concepts
AbstinenceForeignersCommitment, to the worldBeggingBeing A Pilgrimencouragement, examples ofChastitydesiresLustMortificationNomadsOutsidersSanctification, Means And ResultsSelf DenialSelf IndulgenceSeparationSin, Avoidance Of
Sin, Accepting Forgiveness OfSociety, Positive Aspects OfSpiritual Warfare, As ConflictSpiritual Warfare, Enemies InSaints, As PilgrimsAliens, Christians In The WorldChristians, Names OfForsaking SinCitizenshipLiving For The MaterialAvoiding EvilReckoned As ForeignersAbstaining From DrugsPrinciples Of WarCitizensovereatingCharacteristics Of Pilgrims
So that you may give the rest of your lives in the flesh, not to the desires of men, but to the purpose of God.
Because for long enough, in times past, we have been living after the way of the Gentiles, given up to the desires of the flesh, to drinking and feasting and loose behaviour and unclean worship of images;
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Root Form
Definition
Usage
ἐπιποθέω
Epipotheo
Epipotheo
greatly desire , long , earnestly desire , long after , greatly long after , lust , desire , longed after
Usage: 9
שׁאף
Sha'aph
Sha'aph
Usage: 14
אב
'ab
'ab
Usage: 1214
או או
'ow
'ow
Usage: 320
בּקשׁ
Baqash
Baqash
seek , require , request , seek out , enquired , besought , ask , sought for , begging , desire , get , inquisition , procureth
Usage: 225
חפץ
Chaphets
Chaphets
Usage: 76
חפץ
Chaphets
Chaphets
Usage: 10
חפץ
Chephets
Chephets
Usage: 39
נפשׁ
Nephesh
Nephesh
soul , life , person , mind , heart , creature , body , himself , yourselves , dead , will , desire , man , themselves , any , appetite ,
Usage: 753
רצן רצון
Ratsown
Ratsown
Usage: 56
שׁאל שׁאל
Sha'al
Sha'al
Usage: 172
ζηλόω
Zeloo
Zeloo
Usage: 10
θέλω ἐθέλω
thelo
thelo
Usage: 136
Related Topics
- Commitment, to the world
- Conformity
- Desires For Holiness
- Desires Of The Heart
- Evil Desires
- God's Desires
- Human Desires
- Imagination, Inward Desires
- Licentiousness
- Living For God
- Living For The Material
- Lust
- Obedience
- Passion
- Right Desires
- Sanctification, Means And Results
- Self Denial
- Self Indulgence
- Spiritual Desires
- Desires
- Ignorance