Strong's Greek · G3806

πάθος

páthos

(inordinate) affection, lust

Definition

properly, suffering ("pathos"), i.e. (subjectively) a passion (especially concupiscence)

Derivation

from the alternate of G3958 (πάσχω);

Appears 3 times in Scripture

1 Thessalonians 4:5

not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God;

Romans 1:26

For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones.

Colossians 3:5

Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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