- Original: ὄρεξις - Transliteration: Orexis - Phonetic: or'-ex-is - Definition: 1. desire, longing, craving for 2. eager desire, lust, appetite a. used both in a good and a bad sense, as well of natural and lawful and even of proper cravings (of appetite for food), also of corrupt and unlawful desires - Origin: from G3713 - TDNT entry: 12:27,7 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: From G3713 ; excitement of the mind that is longing after: - lust. Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • lust, 1 Romans 1:27