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Lust is an intense desire for something. [1] [2] Lust can take any form such as the lust for sexuality (see libido), money, or power.It can take such mundane forms as the lust for food (see gluttony) as distinct from the need for food or lust for redolence, when one is lusting for a particular smell that brings back memories.
According to biblical scholars, this is merely an aetiological myth to theologically justify a pre-existing place name; [7] a number of biblical scholars have proposed that the graves (kibroth) in the name kibroth-hattaavah actually refers to a stone circle or cairns, [8] or to recently discovered Chalcolithic (~fourth Millennium BC) megalithic ...
The term isurei bi'ah (Hebrew איסורי ביאה) refers to those one may not have intercourse with. The most serious of these form a subset known as arayot (Hebrew: עריות ), based on the word erva ("nakedness") in Leviticus 18:6. Intercourse with arayot is one of the few acts in Judaism which one may not perform even to save one's life.
Thou shalt not commit adultery" ([לֹא תִנְאָף] Error: {{Langx}}: transliteration text not Latin script (pos 6: ̲) ) is found in the Book of Exodus of the Hebrew Bible. It is considered the sixth commandment by Roman Catholic and Lutheran authorities, but the seventh by Jewish and most Protestant authorities.
Asmodeus as depicted in Collin de Plancy's Dictionnaire Infernal. Asmodeus (/ ˌ æ z m ə ˈ d iː ə s /; Ancient Greek: Ἀσμοδαῖος, Asmodaios) or Ashmedai (/ ˈ æ ʃ m ɪ ˌ d aɪ /; Hebrew: אַשְמְדּאָי, romanized: ʾAšmədāy; Arabic: آشماداي; see below for other variations) is a king of demons in the legends of Solomon and the constructing of Solomon's Temple.
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Just as the English word "lust" was originally a general term for desire, the Greek word ἐπιθυμέω was also a general term for desire. The LSJ lexicon suggests "set one's heart upon a thing, long for, covet, desire" as glosses for ἐπιθυμέω, which is used in verses that clearly have nothing to do with sexual desire.
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. (KJV) The phrase definitely appears in the writings of Abelard, who writes that "there are three things that tempt us: the world, the flesh, and the devil."