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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)
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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, , (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.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:14 - “The seed which fell G4098 among G1519 the thorns, G173 these G3778 are the ones who have heard, G191 and as they go G4198 on their way G4198 they are choked G4846 with worries G3308 and riches G4149 and pleasures G2237 of this life, G979 and bring G5052 no G3756 fruit G5052 to maturity. G5052
Unchecked Copy BoxTit 3:3 - For we also G2532 once G4218 were foolish G453 ourselves, G2249 disobedient, G545 deceived, G4105 enslaved G1398 to various G4164 lusts G1939 and pleasures, G2237 spending G1236 our life G1236 in malice G2549 and envy, G5355 hateful, G4767 hating G3404 one G240 another. G240
Unchecked Copy BoxJas 4:1 - [fn]What G4159 is the source G4159 of quarrels G4171 and conflicts G3163 among G1722 you? [fn]Is not the source G1782 your pleasures G2237 that wage G4754 war G4754 in your members? G3196
Unchecked Copy BoxJas 4:3 - You ask G154 and do not receive, G2983 because G1360 you ask G154 [fn]with wrong G2560 motives, G2560 so G2443 that you may spend G1159 it [fn]on your pleasures. G2237
Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:13 - suffering wrong G91 as the wages G3408 of doing G93 wrong. G93 They count G2233 it a pleasure G2237 to revel G5172 in the daytime. G2250 They are stains G4696 and blemishes, G3470 reveling G1792 in their [fn]deceptions, G539 as they carouse G4910 with you,
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