LUST

Originally meant any longing desire, however innocent, De 12:15 14:26. But, in tacit acknowledgment of the depravity of man’s passions, general usage soon attached the idea of guilt to the word; and now it usually denotes carnal, lascivious desire. In Ga 5:17, we see that the aspirations of the heart renewed by the Holy Spirit, oppose and will subdue the native evil desires, 1Co 15:57; but in the unrenewed heart these reign uncontrolled, lead to greater and greater outwards sin, and secure eternal death, Jas 1:14,15.

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Lust. Lust
Sinful longing; the inward sin which leads to the falling away from God (Rom. 1:21). “Lust, the origin of sin, has its place in the heart, not of necessity, but because it is the centre of all moral forces and impulses and of spiritual activity.” In Mark 4:19 “lusts” are objects of desire.

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LUST. → Evil desire Ge 3:6; Ex 20:17; Job 31:9-12; Ps 81:12; Pr 6:24,25; Mt 5:28; Mr 4:19; Joh 8:44; 1Co 9:27; 10:6,7; Eph 4:22; 1Ti 6:9; 2Ti 2:22; 4:3,4; Tit 2:12; Jas 1:14,15; 4:1-3; 1Pe 2:11; 4:3; 2Pe 2:18; 3:3; 1Jo 2:16,17; Jude 1:16,18 → See ADULTERY → See COVETOUSNESS → See INCEST → See LASCIVIOUSNESS → See SENSUALITY → See SODOMY

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lust. Lust, n. a carnal desire; v.i. to desire carnally

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Lust (?), n. [[AS. lust, lust, pleasure, longing; akin to OS., D., G., & Sw. lust, Dan. & Icel. lyst, Goth lustus, and perh. tom Skr. lush to desire, or to E. loose. Cf. List to please, Listless.]] 1. 1. Pleasure. “ Lust and jollity.” Chaucer.
2. 2. Inclination; desire.
For little lust had she to talk of aught. Spenser. My lust to devotion is little. Bp. Hall. 3. 3. Longing desire; eagerness to possess or enjoy; — in a had sense; as, the lust of gain.
The lust of reigning. Milton. 4. 4. Licentious craving; sexual appetite. Milton.
5. 5. Hence: Virility; vigor; active power. Bacon.