1 Peter 4:3:141 Pet.4.3.W14TAB
ἐπιθυμίαις
epithymiais
“desires”
- Transliteration
- e-pi-thy-MI-ais
- Extended
- eh-pee-thü-MEE-ais
- IPA
- /e.pi.tʰyˈmi.ai̯s/
Meaning by language
- English
- desires
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
e-pi-thy-MI-ais
- sentence
ar-ke-TOS gar ho pa-re-lê-ly-THŌS KHRÓ-nos to BOU-lê-ma tôn e-thnÔN ka-tei-er-GAS-thai pe-po-reu-ME-nous en a-sel-GEI-ais e-pi-thy-MI-ais oi-no-phly-GI-ais KŌ-mois PO-tois kai a-the-MI-tois ei-dô-lo-la-TRI-ais
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase en with a series of datives—aselgeiais, epithymiais, oinophlugiais, komois, potois, kai athemítois eidōlolatriais {ἐν ἀσελγείαις, ἐπιθυμίαις, οἰνοφλυγίαις, κώμοις, πότοις, καὶ ἀθεμίτοις εἰδωλολατρίαις}—forms a climax of excess culminating in idolatrous sin. In translation, infinitives and participles are rendered with finite verbs to clarify tense and agency while preserving the idea of completed past action.
Root and etymology
epithymeōepsilon–pi–iota–theta–upsilon–mu–epsilon–omega
“to set one’s heart upon, desire”
In context — 1 Peter 4:3
For the time already gone by is enough for you to have carried out the will of the Gentiles , when you lived in sensualities, desires, drunkenness, revelries, drinking parties, and unlawful idolatries .
About this coordinate
1 Peter 4:3:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 1 Peter 4:3, so the Greek word ἐπιθυμίαις (epithymiais) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Pet.4.3.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Pet.4.3.W14.S1) and character.