Hebrew

To lust

שָׁכָהStrong’s H7904

shakhah (sha-khah)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Shakhah is the Hebrew word usually translated “lustful”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour’s wife.”

Meaning

How it's translated

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

1 book in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

שָׁכָה shakhah · to lust

1) (Hiphil) lustful (participle) 1a) meaning uncertain

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “lust” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

LUST, noun

Longing desire; eagerness to possess or enjoy; as the lust of gain.“My lust shall be satisfied upon them” Exodus 15:9
Concupiscence; carnal appetite; unlawful desire of carnal pleasure. Romans 1:27 2 Peter 2:10
Evil propensity; depraved affections and desires. James 1:14 Psalms 81:12
Vigor; active power. [Not used.]

All definitions and other forms of “lust”

LUST, verb intransitive

To desire eagerly; to long; with after.“Thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after” Deuteronomy 12:15
To have carnal desire; to desire eagerly the gratification of carnal appetite.“LUST not after her beauty in thy heart” Proverbs 6:25“Whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her, hath committed adultery with her already in his heart” Matthew 5:28
To have irregular or inordinate desires.“The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy” James 4:5“LUST not after evil things as they also lusted” 1 Corinthians 10:6
To list; to like.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.