πάθος
pathos · passion
Greek word · Strong’s number G3806 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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pathos (πάθος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “passion”.
What one suffers or feels strongly, especially strong desire.
How to say it
pa·thos
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
- Unbridled desire that masters a person.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- passion ×2
- passions ×1
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Romans 1:26
For this reason God handed them over to passions of dishonor; for their females exchanged the natural use for that contrary to nature;
- Colossians 3:5
So put to death the members that are on the earth: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry;
- 1 Thessalonians 4:5
not in the passion of desire, as also the nations do who do not know God;