Definition

excitement of the mind, i.e. longing after

Etymology

from G3713 (ὀρέγομαι);

Word family

• ὀρέγομαι orégomai

How the KJV renders it

• lust

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.