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Lexicon :: Strong's G2237 - hēdonē

Aa
ἡδονή
Transliteration
hēdonē (Key)
Pronunciation
hay-don-ay'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From handano (to please)
mGNT
5x in 3 unique form(s) TR
5x in 3 unique form(s) LXX
2x in 2 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:909,303

Strong’s Definitions

ἡδονή hēdonḗ, hay-don-ay'; from ἁνδάνω handánō (to please); sensual delight; by implication, desire:—lust, pleasure.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's G2237 in the following manner: pleasure (3x), lust (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's G2237 in the following manner: pleasure (3x), lust (2x).

  1. pleasure

  2. desires for pleasure

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἡδονή hēdonḗ, hay-don-ay'; from ἁνδάνω handánō (to please); sensual delight; by implication, desire:—lust, pleasure.
STRONGS G2237:
ἡδονή, -ῆς, ἡ, (ἥδομαι), [Simonides 117, Herodotus down], pleasure: 2 Peter 2:13; plural, Luke 8:14 (αἱ ἡδοναὶ τ. βίου); Titus 3:3; James 4:3; by metonymy, desires for pleasure (Grotius, cupiditates rerum voluptariarum), James 4:1.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Luke
8:14
Titus
3:3
James
4:1; 4:3
2 Peter
2:13

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2237 matches the Greek ἡδονή (hēdonē),
which occurs 5 times in 5 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:14 - And those which went among thorns are those who have given hearing, and go on their way, but they are overcome by cares and wealth and the pleasures of life, and they give no fruit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxTit 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxTit 3:3 - For in the past we were foolish, hard in heart, turned from the true way, servants of evil desires and pleasures, living in bad feeling and envy, hated and hating one another.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 4:1 - What is the cause of wars and fighting among you? is it not in your desires which are at war in your bodies?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 4:3 - You make your request but you do not get it, because your request has been wrongly made, desiring the thing only so that you may make use of it for your pleasure.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:13 - For the evil which overtakes them is the reward of their evil-doing: such men take their pleasure in the delights of the flesh even in the daytime; they are like the marks of a disease, like poisoned wounds among you, feasting together with you in joy;
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