hēdonē · pleasure

What it means

hēdonē (ἡδονή) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “pleasure”.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Gratification of the senses; desires for it.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• pleasures ×4
• pleasure ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Luke×1
• Titus×1
• James×2
• 2 Peter×1

• Luke 8:14

  And what fell among the thorns, these are the ones who have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked by worries and riches and pleasures of life, and they do not bring fruit to maturity.

• Titus 3:3

  For we also were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various desires and pleasures, spending our lives in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.

• James 4:1

  From where come wars and from where fights among you? Is it not from here, from your pleasures that wage war in your members?

• James 4:3

  You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.

• 2 Peter 2:13

  suffering wrong as the wage of their unrighteousness. They consider luxury in broad daylight a pleasure; they are stains and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions while they feast with you.