Bible Dictionary
APPETITE
Appetite is the desire or longing connected with bodily life and the soul. Biblical usage includes hunger and thirst, but can also refer more broadly to desire, greed, lust, or longing for revenge.
Biblical Usage
The biblical term may describe the appetite of lions, a person given to appetite, and a soul that is not filled. The soul is said to hunger, thirst, fast, love, rejoice, desire, lust, and long for revenge.