νοσέω
noséō · G3552 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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to desire in an unhealthy manner, to have a morbid desire
To have an unhealthy or morbid desire for something
Examples1 Timothy 6:4 he is conceited and understands nothing; but he has a sick craving for controversial questions and disputes about words, from which come envy, strife, abusive language, evil suspicions,
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- Not stated (participle) 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 2 groups
- περίconcerning, about, for+ ζήτησιςdispute, controversy 1
- περίconcerning, about, for+ λογομαχίαquarreling about words 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 2 words
- ἐπιθυμέω epithyméō · G1937 · to long for, to desire very much, to covet
- νοσέω emphasizes the morbid or diseased quality of the desire (a 'sick' craving or obsessive preoccation), while ἐπιθυμέω is the general term for strong desire or craving, whether legitimate or illegitimate, without the pathological nuance. Both can describe unhealthy appetites, but νοσέω specifically connotes the diseased nature of the fixation.
- ὀρέγομαι orégomai · G3713 · to strive to attain, to aspire to, to eagerly long for
- νοσέω conveys a morbid, unhealthy fixation or obsessive preoccupation with something, while ὀρέγω describes aspiring to or reaching after something, typically with a more neutral or even positive connotation. Both involve strong desire, but νοσέω uniquely carries the pathological 'sick craving' sense.
Contrasting words 1 word
- ὑγιαίνω hygiaínō · G5198 · to be well, to be healthy, to be correct
- νοσέω means to be sick or to have a diseased/morbid desire, while ὑγιαίνω means to be healthy or sound. These form a genuine lexical opposite pair in both the literal medical sense and the figurative sense of sound/healthy teaching versus diseased preoccupation.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To desire in an unhealthy manner, to have a morbid desire25.10
- Warning against false teachers, 1 Timothy 6:4 states “he is conceited and understands nothing; but he has a sick craving for controversial questions and disputes about words, from which come envy, strife, abusive language, evil suspicions,” where “has a sick craving” renders this verb for an unhealthy, obsessive desire.
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon νόσῳ; (νόσος); from (Aeschylus), Herodotus down; to be sick; metaphorically, of any…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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