ἡδονή (hēdonē) means “pleasure” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: hay-don-ay' Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.
ἡδονή · hēdonē · pleasure
ἡδονή, -ῆς, ἡ (ἥδομαι, to be glad) [in LXX: Num.11:8 (טַעַם), Pro.17:1, Wis.7:2 16:20, and frequently in 4Mac ;] pleasure: 2Pe.2:13; pl., Luk.8:14, Tit.3:3, Jas.4:1, † (AS)
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pleasure, a pleasure, especially sensuous pleasure; a strong desire, passion.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| pleasures | 3 |
| a pleasure | 1 |
| passions | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| lusts | 2 |
| pleasures | 2 |
| pleasure | 1 |
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The seeds that fell among the thorns are those who hear, but as they go on their way, they are choked by the worries, riches, and pleasures of this life, and their fruit does not mature.
Read word by wordFor at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
Read word by wordWhat causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you?
Read word by wordAnd when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures.
Read word by wordThe harm they will suffer is the wages of their wickedness. They consider it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deception as they feast with you.
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