Hypertext Webster Gateway: "concupiscence"

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)

Concupiscence
desire, Rom. 7:8 (R.V., "coveting"); Col. 3:5 (R.V., "desire").
The "lust of concupiscence" (1 Thess. 4:5; R.V., "passion of
lust") denotes evil desire, indwelling sin.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Concupiscence \Con*cu"pis*cence\, n. [F., fr. L.
concupiscentia.]
Sexual lust; morbid carnal passion.

Concupiscence like a pestilence walketh in darkness.
--Horne.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

concupiscence
n : a desire for sexual intimacy [syn: {sexual desire}, {physical
attraction}]


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