πάθος,
πάθους,
τό (
παθεῖν,
πάσχω), from
Aeschylus and
Herodotus down; equivalent to
πάθημα (which see; (the latter differs from
πάθος (if at all) only in being the more individualizing and concrete term; cf.
Schmidt, Synonym, chapter 24 § 11));
1. whatever befalls one, whether it be sad or joyous; specifically,
a calamity, mishap, evil, affliction.
2. a feeling which the mind suffers, an affection of the mind, emotion, passion; passionate desire; used by the Greeks in either a good or a bad sense (cf.
Aristotle, eth. Nic. 2, 4 (cf. Cope, Introduction to
Aristotles Rhet., p. 133f; and his note on rhet. 2, 22, 16)). In the N. T. in a bad sense,
depraved passion:
Colossians 3:5;
πάθη ἀτιμίας,
vile passions, Romans 1:26 (see
ἀτιμία);
ἐν πάθει ἐπιθυμίας (in the passion of lust), genitive of apposit. (
Winer's Grammar, § 59, 8 a.),
1 Thessalonians 4:5.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
- Romans
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1:26
- Colossians
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3:5
- 1 Thessalonians
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4:5
