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Appetite
Verses
8 results- VerseJob 20:20Because his appetite is never satisfied, he cannot escape with his treasure.
- VerseProverbs 16:26A worker’s appetite works for him because his hunger drives him onward.
- VerseNumbers 11:6But now our appetite is gone; there is nothing to see but this manna!”
- VerseProverbs 23:2and put a knife to your throat if you possess a great appetite.
- VerseEcclesiastes 6:7All a man’s labor is for his mouth, yet his appetite is never satisfied.
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6 results- WordH5315 נֶפֶשׁ · nephesh (Hebrew)properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality. The Hebrew word stands 754 times in the original text.
- WordH2416 חַי · chay (Hebrew)alive. The Hebrew word stands 498 times in the original text.
- WordH8264 שָׁקַק · shâqaq (Hebrew)to course (like a beast of prey). The Hebrew word stands 6 times in the original text.
- WordH7301 רָוָה · râvâh (Hebrew)to slake the thirst (occasionally of other appetites). The Hebrew word stands 14 times in the original text.
- WordG1468 ἐγκρατής · enkratḗs (Greek)strong in a thing (masterful), i.e. (figuratively and reflexively) self-controlled (in appetite, etc.). The Greek word stands 1 time in the original text.
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3 results- VoiceJohn the SolitaryJohn the Solitary — also called John of Apamea, from the Syrian city where he lived — wrote in Syriac in the first half of the fifth century. Almost nothing is known about his…
- VoiceAugustine of HippoAugustine was born on 13 November 354 at Thagaste in Roman North Africa — Souk Ahras, in modern Algeria. His father Patricius was a pagan town councillor of modest means…
- VoiceWatchman NeeNi Tuosheng — known in English as Watchman Nee — was born in Swatow, in southern China, on November 4, 1903, and raised in Foochow. His grandfather had been one of the first…
Apocrypha (study resources)
4 results- Study resourceSirach 18:30Go not after thy lusts, but refrain thyself from thine appetites.
- Study resourceWisdom of Solomon 19:11But afterwards they saw a new generation of fowls, when, being led with their appetite, they asked delicate meats.
- Study resourceWisdom of Solomon 16:21For thy sustenance declared thy sweetness unto thy children, and serving to the appetite of the eater, tempered itself to every man’s liking.
- Study resourceWisdom of Solomon 16:2Instead of which punishment, dealing graciously with thine own people, thou preparedst for them meat of a strange taste, even quails to stir up their appetite:
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H5315נֶפֶשׁ nephesh — properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitalityH2416חַי chay — aliveH8264שָׁקַק shâqaq — to course (like a beast of prey)H7301רָוָה râvâh — to slake the thirst (occasionally of other appetites)G1468ἐγκρατής enkratḗs — strong in a thing (masterful), i.e. (figuratively
and reflexively) self-controlled (in appetite, etc.)G3552νοσέω noséō — to be sick, i.e. (by implication, of a diseased appetite)
to hanker after (figuratively, to harp upon)