πάθος

pavqo" pavqo",
pavqou",
tov (
paqei'n,
pavscw), from Aeschylus and Herodotus down; equivalent to
pavqhma (which see; (the latter differs from
pavqo" (if at all) only in being the more individualizing and concrete term; cf. Schmidt, Synonym, chapter 24 sec. 11));1. whatever befalls one, whether it be sad or joyous; specifically, a calamity, mishap, evil, affliction.2. a feeling which the mind suffers, an affection of the mind, emotion, passion; passionate desire; used by the Greeks in either a good or a bad sense (cf. Aristotle, eth. Nic. 2, 4 (cf. Cope, Introduction to Aristotle's Rhet., p. 133f; and his note on rhet. 2, 22, 16)). In the N. T. in a bad sense, depraved passion: ;
pavqh
ajtimiva", vile passions, (see
ajtimiva);
ejn
pavqei
ejpiqumiva" (in the passion of lust), genitive of apposit. (Winer's Grammar, sec. 59, 8 a.), .*(Synonyms:
pavqo",
ejpiqumiva:
pavqo" presents the passive,
ejpiqumiva the active side of a vice;
ejpiqumiva is more comprehensive in meaning than
pavqo";
ejpiqumiva is (evil) desire,
pavqo" ungovernable desire. Cf. Trench, sec. lxxxvii.; Lightfoot on .)