54 occurrences in 12 translations

'Lust' in the Bible

The [population of the] earth was corrupt [absolutely depraved—spiritually and morally putrid] in God’s sight, and the land was filled with violence [desecration, infringement, outrage, assault, and lust for power].

Violence In The EarthFilling PlacesUnity, God's Goal OfVisionAll Have SinnedThe Environmentcorruption

The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.

PursuingSelf ConfidencePursuing PeopleArrogance, Characterizes The WickedOvertakingDividing The Spoil

The rabble among them [who followed Israel from Egypt] had greedy desires [for familiar and delicious food], and the Israelites wept again and said, “Who will give us meat to eat?

Mixed MultitudeWhat Foreigners DoMourning In RegretGreedComplaining

and one calleth the name of that place Kibroth-Hattaavah, for there they have buried the people who lust.

Burying placesGreed

"Since his appetite won't quit; he won't let anything escape his lust.

StoringTreasureIndigestionGreed

Rebuke the beasts [living] among the reeds [in Egypt],The herd of bulls (the leaders) with the calves of the peoples;Trampling underfoot the pieces of silver;He has scattered the peoples who delight in war.

BullsCalvesStretching OutWarfare, Nature OfScattering The PeoplesWild Beasts Subdued

And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.

Satan, As TempterTestingRequesting FoodTesting God

They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths,

At The Same Time

So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels.

God Hardening PeoplePassionimaginationfollowing

Sheol (the place of the dead) and Abaddon (the underworld) are never satisfied;Nor are the eyes of man ever satisfied.

dissatisfactionRiches, Nature OfSatisfactionDiscontentCuriosityInsatiableThe Fact Of DeathLust Of The Eyes

who burn with lust among the oaks,under every green tree,who slaughter children in the wadisbelow the clefts of the rocks?

Child sacrificeSanctity Of LifeOaksKilling Sons And Daughters

You are like a wild female donkey brought up in the wilderness. In her lust she sniffs the wind to get the scent of a male. No one can hold her back when she is in heat. None of the males need wear themselves out chasing after her. At mating time she is easy to find.

HeatNosesSeeking For Concrete ThingsDo Not Grow WearyPassiontired

“Also on your skirts is foundThe lifeblood of the innocent poor;You did not find them breaking in [a house].But in spite of all these things [your disobedience, your love of idolatry, your lack of compassion]—

Blood, as basis of lifeJudged As MurderersNot Helping The Poor

“When they are inflamed [with wine and lust during their drinking bouts], I will prepare them a feast [of My wrath]And make them drunk, that they may rejoiceAnd may sleep a perpetual sleepAnd not wake up,” declares the Lord.

Banquets, ActivitiesLaughterSleep, And DeathGod Making Drunk

Then you committed immorality with your neighbors, the Egyptians, with perverted lust, and by doing so you fornicated even more, provoking me to anger.

ProvokingProvoking GodSexual Immorality

And you prostituted with the {Assyrians} on account of {your insatiable lust}, and you prostituted [with] them, and still you were not satisfied.

Insatiablewhores

“How your heart was inflamed with lust”—the declaration of the Lord God—“when you did all these things, the acts of a brazen prostitute,

Lukewarmness

This is what the Lord God says: Because your lust was poured out and your nakedness exposed by your acts of prostitution with your lovers, and because of all your detestable idols and the blood of your children that you gave to them,

NakednessHuman Blood ShedIdol WorshipFate Of IdolatersPrivate Parts

Turn O sword and cut right or cut left, whichever way your thirst for blood and your edge direct you.

Right Sides

She didn’t give up her promiscuity that began in Egypt, when men slept with her in her youth, caressed her virgin nipples, and poured out their lust on her.

Breasts, Figurative UseBeing Evil From YouthTouching To HarmPeople Not AbandoningSpiritual HarlotrySex Between Nations

“Now her sister Oholibah saw this, but she was even more depraved in her lust than Oholah, and made her promiscuous acts worse than those of her sister.

Appetite, SexualSpiritual HarlotryRelative Greatness

Then the Babylonians came to her, to the bed of love, and defiled her with their lust. But after she was defiled by them, she turned away from them in disgust.

BedsPeople Being PollutedSpiritual HarlotrySex Between Nations

For she lusted after her lovers [there], whose flesh is like the flesh of donkeys and whose issue is like the issue of horses.

SemenMale GenitalsYoung Loverssexmanhoodlovers

adultery, greed, wickedness, cheating, shameless lust, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness.

LewdnessShovelsEvil EyesDeceiving OneselfThe Entrance Of SinCovetousnessGreedInfidelity

And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.

Bad PeopleIndecencyRetributionPunishment, According To DeedsSodomyRelationship Of Men And WomenErrorgayssexPassionRelationships And DatingBeing GayMan And WomanFalling Away From God

For, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not lust; and if there be any other commandment, it is summed up in this word, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

Greed, Believers' Response ToMurderSanctity Of LifeStealingCovetousness, Nature ofAcceptance, Of One AnotherConcisenessAvoid AdulteryDo Not MurderDo Not StealLove Your Neighbour!Eighth CommandmentLoving Yourself

And in their greed they will exploit you with false arguments and twisted doctrine. Their sentence [of condemnation which God has decreed] from a time long ago is not idle [but is still in force], and their destruction and deepening misery is not asleep [but is on its way].

Spiritual MalnutritionCovetingFalse TeachingsGreed, Condemnation OfHeresiesHypocrisy, Description OfPeter, Preacher And TeacherHypocrites, Description OfUnfaithful MinistersDestruction Of The WickedFalse WaysGod Planning Of OldSelf CenterednessCovetousnessGreedFake Friends

For some people have slipped in among you unnoticed. They were written about long ago as being deserving of this condemnation because they are ungodly. They turn the grace of our God into uncontrollable lust and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus the Messiah.

LewdnessAbuse, Of Spiritual ThingsLicentiousnessWarnings Against ApostasyPredestination, Of PersonsChrist Is LordThe Grace Of GodThey Committed ImmoralityFalse TeachersExamples Of Ungodly MenProblem PeopleSexual Immorality Brings PunishmentRelationships And DatingcondemnationvulnerabilityUnbelief Toward Christ

And the ripe fruits which were the lust of thy soul have departed from thee, and all fair and splendid things have perished from thee, and they shall not find them any more at all.

Money, Attitudes ToTreasureBeing UnsatisfiedThings Passing Away

Related Words

Bible Theasaurus

Appetite (35 instances)
Concupiscence (3 instances)
Crave (24 instances)

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
αἰσχροκερδής 
Aischrokerdes 
Usage: 3

ἐπιθυμέω 
Epithumeo 
Usage: 10

ἐπιθυμία 
Epithumia 
Usage: 35

אוה 
'avah 
Usage: 26

אוּה 
'avvah 
Usage: 7

בּצע 
Betsa` 
Usage: 22

דּבלה 
D@belah 
cake of figs , lump
Usage: 5

הילל 
heylel 
Usage: 1

חמד 
Chamad 
Usage: 30

לבּי לוּבי 
Luwbiy 
Usage: 5

לוּד 
Luwd 
Usage: 5

לוּדיּי לוּדי 
Luwdiy 
Usage: 3

לוּז 
Luwz 
Luz
Usage: 8

לחות לוּחיתo 
Luwchiyth 
Usage: 2

מארב 
Ma'arab 
Usage: 5

מחבא מחבא 
Machabe' 
Usage: 2

צפן 
Tsaphan 
Usage: 32

שׁמן 
Shamen 
Usage: 11

שׁרירוּת 
Sh@riyruwth 
Usage: 10

תּאוה 
Ta'avah 
Usage: 20

αἰσχροκερδῶς 
Aischrokerdos 
Usage: 1

ἐπιθυμητής 
Epithumetes 
Usage: 1

ἐπιποθέω 
Epipotheo 
Usage: 9

ἡδονή 
hedone 
Usage: 4

κέρδος 
Kerdos 
Usage: 3

Λουκᾶς 
Loukas 
Usage: 3

Λούκιος 
Loukios 
Usage: 2

πάθος 
Pathos 
Usage: 3

σεληνιάζομαι 
Seleniazomai 
Usage: 2

φύραμα 
Phurama 
Usage: 5

χλιαρός 
Chliaros 
Usage: 0

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