Topic
Concupiscence
5 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Romans 7:8Easton · ISBE
But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.
- Colossians 3:5Easton · ISBE
Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
- 1 Thessalonians 4:5Easton · ISBE
Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:
- Exodus 20:17ISBE
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.
- Luke 22:15ISBE
And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer:
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 3 references
Desire, Rom. 7:8 (R.V., “coveting”); Col. 3:5 (R.V., “desire”). The “lust of concupiscence” (1 Thess. 4:5; R.V., “passion of lust”) denotes evil desire, indwelling sin.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 5 references
kon-ku'-pi-sens (epithumia): Not used in the Revised Version (British and American), but in the King James Version, Ro 7:8; Col 3:5; 1Th 4:5. The Greek noun, like the verb from which it comes, meaning "to yearn," "to long," "to have the heart set upon a thing," is determined in its moral quality by the source whence it springs or the object toward which it is directed. Thus, our Lord uses it to express the intensest desire of His soul (Lu 22:15). As a rule, when the object is not expressed, it refers to longing for that which God has forbidden, namely, lust. It is not limited to sexual desire, but includes all going forth of heart and will toward what God would not have us to have or be, as its use in the Septuagint of the Ten Commandments clearly shows, for "Thou shalt not covet" (Ex 20:17).
H. E. Jacobs
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 0 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → See LASCIVIOUSNESS
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); 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.