πάθος

πάθος, -ους, τό

(πάιτχω), [in LXX: Job.30:31 (אֵבֶל), Pro.25:20, and very frequently in (4Ma.1:1 n, al.)* ;]

like πάθημα;

1. that which befalls one, that which one suffers

2. a passive emotion or affection (esp. of violent emotion), a passion, passionate desire; in NT always in bad sense: Col.3:5; π. ἀτιμίας, Rom.1:26; π. ἐπιθυμίας, 1Th.4:5.†

SYN.: π. = πάθημα, exc. that πάθημα is the more concrete and particular. In NT usage, π…