Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)
pleasure
Usage: ἡδονή, -ῆς, ἡ (ἥδομαι, to be glad) [in LXX: Num.11:8 (טַעַם), Pro.17:1, Wis.7:2 16:20, and frequently in 4Mac ;] pleasure: 2Pe.2:13; pl., Luk.8:14, Tit.3:3, Jas.4:1, † (AS)
Strong's Number
G2237
Language
Greek
Linked Usages
19
Books
8
Strong's G2237 Quick Answer
Strong's G2237 ἡδονή (hedone) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. hedone (hay-don-ay') n. 1. sensual delight 2. (by implication) desire It has 19 linked Bible usages across 8 books. Visible English usage signals include lusts and pleasure. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
- Meaning
- hedone (hay-don-ay') n. 1. sensual delight 2. (by implication) desire
- Usage
- 19 linked usages
- Books
- 8 indexed books
- Corpus
- New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
- Usage Words
- lusts and pleasure
Meaning and Definition
hedone (hay-don-ay') n. 1. sensual delight 2. (by implication) desire [from handano "to please"] KJV: lust, pleasure
Across Lexicons
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2237. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
How Strong's G2237 Is Translated
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render hedone, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
lusts
Titus 3:3
3×
pleasure
2 Peter 2:13
How Strong's G2237 Usage Compares
Indexed coverage includes Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, New Testament, and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
- The largest indexed corpus on this page is Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha with 12 linked usages.
- This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
- Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.
In the Septuagint (LXX)
Strong's G2237 (ἡδονή) appears 15 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
- 4 Maccabees 1:20 — ἡδονή
- 4 Maccabees 1:21 — ἡδονὴν
- 4 Maccabees 1:22 — ἡδονῆς
- 4 Maccabees 1:22 — ἡδονὴν
- 4 Maccabees 1:24 — ἡδονῆς
Strong's G2237 by Corpus
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
Strong's G2237 in the New Testament
5 indexed usages in New Testament.
And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.
For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
Strong's G2237 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And the people went through the field, and gathered, and ground it in the mill, or pounded it in a mortar, and baked it in a pan, and made cakes of it; and the sweetness of it was as the taste of wafer made with oil.
Better is a morsel with pleasure in peace, Than a house full of many good things and unjust sacrifices, with strife.
Strong's G2237 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha
12 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
Of the passions, pleasure and pain are the two most comprehensive; and they also by nature refer to the soul.
And there are many attendant affections surrounding pleasure and pain.
Before pleasure is lust; and after pleasure, joy.
Usage Excerpts
First 19 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2237.
And the people went through the field, and gathered, and ground it in the mill, or pounded it in a mortar, and baked it in a pan, and made cakes of it; and the sweetness of it was as the taste of wafer made with oil.
Better is a morsel with pleasure in peace, Than a house full of many good things and unjust sacrifices, with strife.
And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.
For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;
Of the passions, pleasure and pain are the two most comprehensive; and they also by nature refer to the soul.
And there are many attendant affections surrounding pleasure and pain.
Before pleasure is lust; and after pleasure, joy.
Wrath is an affection, common to pleasure and to pain, if anyone will pay attention when it comes upon him.
And there exists in pleasure a malicious disposition, which is the most multiform of all the affections.
As pleasure and pain are, therefore, two growths of the body and the soul, so there are many offshoots of these passions.
For whence is it, otherwise, that when urged on to forbidden meats, we reject the gratification which would ensue from them? Is it not because reasoning is able to command the appetites? I believe so.
Yet it instructs us in temperance, so that we are superior to all pleasures and lusts; and it exercises us in manliness, so that we cheerfully undergo every grievance.
Ridiculous would it be were it not so; and I prove that reasoning has not only mastered pains, but that it is also superior to the pleasures, and withstands them.
For I lighten my suffering by the pleasures which are connected with virtue.
And in my mother’s womb was fashioned to be flesh In the time of ten months, being compacted in blood, Of the seed of man, and the pleasure that came with sleep.
Instead whereof thou feddest thine own people with angels’ food, And didst send them from heaven bread prepared without their labor, Able to content every man’s delight, and agreeing to every taste.
All Indexed Usage Links
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2237, grouped by book.
Numbers 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Luke 1 usage, New Testament
Titus 1 usage, New Testament
2 Peter 1 usage, New Testament
4 Maccabees 10 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Strong's G2237 FAQ
What does hedone (ἡδονή) mean?
Hedone (Strong's G2237) is a Greek word most simply glossed "lust". hedone (hay-don-ay') n. 1. sensual delight 2. (by implication) desire
How many times is hedone (ἡδονή) used in the Bible?
This page currently indexes 19 linked usages for Strong's G2237 across 8 books.
Where can I study hedone (ἡδονή) in context?
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2237 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
What English words translate hedone (ἡδονή)?
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as lusts and pleasure. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Does Strong's G2237 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?
Yes. The current local index includes 2 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 12 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G2237, with linked reader references where each row is available.