eyelids” (Proverbs 6:25). This is active desire that strains for sexual satisfaction and not a detached appreciation of beauty. The Septuagint translates the Hebrew word for desire, הָמַד, with the Greek, ἐπιθυμίᾳ. It is also a general term for desire that can express a form of indifferent appreciation or evil desire. Occasionally, it is used to speak of intense aspirations that are holy or praiseworthy (Is. 58:2). God prohibits the evil or covetous desires of man in all forms because it amounts to idolatrous