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# lust, lustful, passions, desires
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## Definition:
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Lust is a very strong desire, usually in the context of wanting something sinful or immoral. To lust is to have lust.
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* In the Bible, “lust” usually referred to sexual desire for someone other than one’s own spouse.
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* Sometimes this term was used in a figurative sense to refer to worshiping idols.
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* Depending on the context, “lust” could be translated as “wrong desire” or “strong desire” or “wrongful sexual desire” or “strong immoral desire” or to “strongly desire to sin.”
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* The phrase to “lust after” could be translated as to “wrongly desire” or to “think immorally about” or to “immorally desire.”
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(See also: [adultery](../kt/adultery.md), [false god](../kt/falsegod.md))
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## Bible References:
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* [1 John 2:16](rc://en/tn/help/1jn/02/16)
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* [2 Timothy 2:22](rc://en/tn/help/2ti/02/22)
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* [Galatians 5:16](rc://en/tn/help/gal/05/16)
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* [Galatians 5:19-21](rc://en/tn/help/gal/05/19)
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* [Genesis 39:7-9](rc://en/tn/help/gen/39/07)
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* [Matthew 5:28](rc://en/tn/help/mat/05/28)
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## Word Data:
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* Strong’s: H0183, H0185, H0310, H1730, H2181, H2183, H2530, H5178, H5375, H5689, H5691, H5869, H7843, G07660, G19370, G19390, G22370, G37150, G38060
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