hédoné
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2237. hédoné

hédoné: pleasure
Original Word: ἡδονή, ῆς, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: hédoné
Phonetic Spelling: (hay-don-ay')
Short Definition: pleasure, lust, strong desire
Definition: pleasure, a pleasure, especially sensuous pleasure; a strong desire, passion.

2237 hēdonḗ (from hēdos, "pleasrable to the senses") – properly, sensual pleasure; what is enjoyable to the natural (physical) senses.

2237 /hēdonḗ ("satisfaction of physical appetite") has a strong negative connotation, generally referring to pleasure that is made an end in itself. That is, the satiation of bodily desires (lusts) at the expense of other things.

[2237 /hēdonḗ is the root of the English terms, "hedonism," "hedonistic."]

Word Origin
from hédomai (to enjoy oneself)
Definition
pleasure
NASB Word Usage
pleasure (1), pleasures (4).

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lust, pleasure.

From handano (to please); sensual delight; by implication, desire -- lust, pleasure.

ἡγουμένοις — 1 Occ.
ἡγούμενον — 1 Occ.
ἡγούμενος — 3 Occ.
ἡγουμένους — 2 Occ.
ἡγοῦνται — 1 Occ.
ἡδέως — 3 Occ.
ἤδη — 61 Occ.
Ἥδιστα — 2 Occ.
ἡδοναῖς — 2 Occ.
ἡδονὴν — 1 Occ.
ἡδύοσμον — 2 Occ.
ἤθη — 1 Occ.
ἥκασιν — 1 Occ.
ἥκει — 4 Occ.
ἥκω — 3 Occ.
ἥξει — 9 Occ.
ἥξω — 3 Occ.
ἥξουσιν — 6 Occ.
ηλι — 2 Occ.
Ἠλὶ — 1 Occ.


Strong's Greek 2237
5 Occurrences


ἡδοναῖς — 2 Occ.
ἡδονὴν — 1 Occ.
ἡδονῶν — 2 Occ.

Luke 8:14 N-GFP
BIB: πλούτου καὶ ἡδονῶν τοῦ βίου
NAS: and riches and pleasures of [this] life,
KJV: and pleasures of [this] life,
INT: riches and pleasures of life

Titus 3:3 N-DFP
BIB: ἐπιθυμίαις καὶ ἡδοναῖς ποικίλαις ἐν
NAS: lusts and pleasures, spending our life
KJV: lusts and pleasures, living in
INT: lusts and pleasures various in

James 4:1 N-GFP
BIB: ἐκ τῶν ἡδονῶν ὑμῶν τῶν
NAS: you? Is not the source your pleasures that wage war
KJV: [even] of your lusts that war in
INT: from the pleasures of you which

James 4:3 N-DFP
BIB: ἐν ταῖς ἡδοναῖς ὑμῶν δαπανήσητε
NAS: that you may spend [it] on your pleasures.
KJV: [it] upon your lusts.
INT: in the pleasures of you you might spend [it]

2 Peter 2:13 N-AFS
BIB: μισθὸν ἀδικίας ἡδονὴν ἡγούμενοι τὴν
NAS: They count it a pleasure to revel
KJV: [as] they that count it pleasure to riot
INT: [the] reward of unrighteousness pleasure esteeming

5 Occurrences


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