earnestly desire, greatly long after
From epi and potheo (to yearn); to dote upon, i.e. Intensely crave possession (lawfully or wrongfully) -- (earnestly) desire (greatly), (greatly) long (after), lust.
see GREEK epi
Strong's 1971: ἐπιποθέω
ἐπιποθέω,
ἐπιποθῶ; 1 aorist
ἐπεπόθησα; properly,
ποθον ἔχω ἐπί τί (i. e.
ἐπί is directive, not intensive; cf.
ἐπί, D. 2) (cf. Fritzsche on Romans, vol. i., p. 30f);
to long for, desire: followed by the infinitive
2 Corinthians 5:2;
ἰδεῖν τινα,
Romans 1:11;
1 Thessalonians 3:6;
2 Timothy 1:4;
Philippians 2:26 L brackets WH text brackets;
τί,
1 Peter 2:2 (
ἐπί τί,
Psalm 41:2 ()); τινα to be possessed with a desire for, long for (Winer's Grammar, § 30, 10 b.), Philippians 2:26 R G T Tr WH marginal reading; to pursue with love, to tong after: 2 Corinthians 9:14; Philippians 1:8 (τάς ἐντολάς Θεοῦ, Psalm 118:131 ()); absolutely to lust (i. e. harbor forbidden desire): James 4:5, on which passage see φθόνος. (Herodotus, Plato, Diodorus, Plutarch, Lucian.) Strong's Greek: 1971. ἐπιποθέω (epipotheó) — 9 Occurrences
Romans 1:11 - V-PIA-1S
GRK: ἐπιποθῶ γὰρ ἰδεῖν
NAS: For I long to see you so
KJV: For I long to see you,
INT: I long indeed to see
2 Corinthians 5:2 - V-PPA-NMP
GRK: οὐρανοῦ ἐπενδύσασθαι ἐπιποθοῦντες
NAS: [house] we groan, longing to be clothed
KJV: we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon
INT: heaven to be clothed with longing
2 Corinthians 9:14 - V-PPA-GMP
GRK: ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν ἐπιποθούντων ὑμᾶς διὰ
NAS: on your behalf, yearn for you because
KJV: for you, which long after you for
INT: for you a longing for you on account of
Philippians 1:8 - V-PIA-1S
GRK: θεός ὡς ἐπιποθῶ πάντας ὑμᾶς
NAS: how I long for you all
KJV: how greatly I long after you
INT: God [is] how I long after all you
Philippians 2:26 - V-PPA-NMS
GRK: ἐπειδὴ ἐπιποθῶν ἦν πάντας
NAS: because he was longing for you all
KJV: For he longed after you all,
INT: since longing after he was all
1 Thessalonians 3:6 - V-PPA-NMP
GRK: ἀγαθὴν πάντοτε ἐπιποθοῦντες ἡμᾶς ἰδεῖν
NAS: kindly of us, longing to see
KJV: always, desiring greatly to see
INT: good always longing us to see
2 Timothy 1:4 - V-PPA-NMS
GRK: ἐπιποθῶν σε ἰδεῖν
NAS: longing to see you, even as I recall
KJV: Greatly desiring to see thee,
INT: longing you to see
James 4:5 - V-PIA-3S
GRK: Πρὸς φθόνον ἐπιποθεῖ τὸ πνεῦμα
NAS: He jealously desires the Spirit
KJV: in us lusteth to envy?
INT: with envy does long the Spirit
1 Peter 2:2 - V-AMA-2P
GRK: ἄδολον γάλα ἐπιποθήσατε ἵνα ἐν
NAS: newborn babies, long for the pure milk
KJV: newborn babes, desire the sincere milk
INT: pure milk long you after that by
