ἐπιθυμέω, -ῶ

(θυμός), [in LXX chiefly for אָוָה pi. hithp.; also for חָמַד, etc. ;]

to set one's heart upon, desire, lust after, covet: absol. Jas.4:2, Rom.7:7 13:9" (LXX), 1Co.10:6 (of. 4Ma.2:6); before κατά (against, in opposition to), Gal.5:17; prop. (as in cl.) with genitive, Act.20:33, 1Ti.3:1; in late Gk. also with accusative (M, Pr. 65), Mat.5:28 (Rec. αὐτῆς; T omits; cf. Exo.20:17, Mic.2:2, Wis.16:3, al.); with inf. Mat.13:17, Luk.15:16 16:21 17:22, 1Pe.1:12, Rev.9:6; with accusative and inf. Heb.6:11; as in Hebrew, ἐπιθυμία ἐπεθύμησα, Luk.22:15.†

SYN.: ὀρέγω (cf. Field, Notes, 204), θέλω (DCG. i, 453) (AS)

to set one's heart upon, desire, lust after, covet