Dictionary entry

ὄρεξις

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

** ὄρεξις, -εως, ἡ

(< ὀρέγομαι), [in LXX Wi 14:2 15:5 16:2, 3, Si 18:30 23:6, IV Mac 1:33, 35*;]

the most general ward for all kinds of desire, longing, appetite: of lust, Ro 1:27.

SYN.: v.s. πάθος.