Topic
Appetite
15 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Deuteronomy 12:20ISBE
¶ When the LORD thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.
- Job 38:39ISBE
Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,
- Psalms 41:2ISBE
The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.
- Psalms 69:10ISBE
When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.
- Proverbs 6:30ISBE
Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
- Proverbs 10:3ISBE
The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
- Proverbs 23:2ISBE
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
- Proverbs 25:25ISBE
As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.
- Ecclesiastes 6:7ISBE
All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
- Isaiah 29:8ISBE
It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the…
- Isaiah 56:11ISBE
Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.
- Jeremiah 2:24ISBE
A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.
Show 3 more
- Daniel 1:8–16 Nave Kept in subjection
- Micah 7:1 ISBE
- 1 Corinthians 9:27 Nave Kept in subjection
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 16 references
ap'-e-tit (chai, nephesh): This word occurs four times in Old Testament text and once in the King James Version margin. Once (Job 38:39) it is a translation of chai, "life"; "Canst thou .... satisfy the appetite (life) of the young lions?" Twice (Pr 23:2; Ec 6:7; also Isa 56:11, the King James Version margin) it is a translation of nephesh: Pr 23:2, ba`al nephesh "a man given to appetite"; Ec 6:7, "the nephesh is not filled." In Isa 56:11, "strong of nephesh" is translated "greedy." Nephesh means originally "breath," hence "the soul," psuche, "the vital principle," "life"; therefore in certain expressions referring to the sustaining of life the nephesh hungers (Pr 10:3), thirsts (Pr 25:25), fasts (Ps 69:10). Nephesh then comes to mean the seat of the senses, affections, emotions, and to it is ascribed love, joy, desire (compare De 12:20; Pr 6:30 the Revised Version, margin; Mic 7:1, where the nephesh "desires"). The idea of desire or appetite of the nephesh may include all forms of longing; e.g. lust (Jer 2:24; "her desire" is literally "the desire of her nephesh"), the appetite for revenge (Ps 41:2, "the will of his enemies" is literally "the nephesh," etc.). The next step is to identify the nephesh with its desire, hence in the cases above nephesh is translated "appetite." In the 4th case (Isa 29:8) "His soul hath appetite" is a free translation of naphsho shoqeqah, literally "His soul runneth to and fro."
S. F. Hunter
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 2 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → Kept in subjection Da 1:8-16; 1Co 9:27
- → See TEMPERANCE
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.