GreekG2237Noun (Feminine)

ἡδονή

hēdonē

5Occurrences
G2237Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

sensual delight; by implication, desire

from (to please);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
pleasure: pl.
LXX: (טַעַם), and frequently in 4Mac

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

G:N-F

Full Description

Greek Noun, Feminine

Occurrences

ἡδονή appears 5 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

James
2
2 Peter
1
Luke
1
Titus
1

Key Passages

2 Peter 2:13BSB

The harm they will suffer is the wages of their wickedness.They consider it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deception as they feast with you.

James 4:1BSB

What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you?

James 4:3BSB

And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures.

Luke 8:14BSB

The seeds that fell among the thorns are those who hear, but as they go on their way, they are choked by the worries, riches, and pleasures of this life, and their fruit does not mature.

Titus 3:3BSB

For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.

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