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-	[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{PAGENAMEE}}] [May 2007]	+	'''Lust''' is any intense [[Interpersonal attraction|desire]] or craving for self gratification. Lust can mean strictly sexual lust, although it is also common to speak of a ''"lust for life"'', ''"lust for blood (bloodlust'' for short'')"'', or a ''"lust for power"'' or other goals.
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		+	As a moral term, lust implies a sexual desire for its own sake, an [[sexual arousal|erotic arousal]] and wish, or intense physical or [[sexual attraction]] or craving. It is a [[vice|sin]] in some religions such as [[Christianity]] when it is an ''excess'' or ''inappropriately directed'' sexual desire (e.g., non-procreative, unsanctioned, or egocentric sexual desire), and is one of the [[seven deadly sins]], as a sin of excess. The Greek word which translates as lust is ''epithymia'' (επιθυμια), which also is translated into English as "to [[covet]]".[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{PAGENAMEE}}] [May 2007]

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Lust is any intense desire or craving for self gratification. Lust can mean strictly sexual lust, although it is also common to speak of a "lust for life", "lust for blood (bloodlust for short)", or a "lust for power" or other goals.

As a moral term, lust implies a sexual desire for its own sake, an erotic arousal and wish, or intense physical or sexual attraction or craving. It is a sin in some religions such as Christianity when it is an excess or inappropriately directed sexual desire (e.g., non-procreative, unsanctioned, or egocentric sexual desire), and is one of the seven deadly sins, as a sin of excess. The Greek word which translates as lust is epithymia (επιθυμια), which also is translated into English as "to covet".[1] [May 2007]