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Concupiscence

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

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CONCUPISCENCE . Concupiscence is intense desire, always in a bad sense, so that it is unnecessary to say ‘evil concupiscence’ as in Colossians 3:5 . The reference is nearly always to sexual lust.

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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Concupiscence'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hdb/​c/concupiscence.html. 1909.
 
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