Strong's Lexicon
G1971 — ἐπιποθέω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G1971 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἐπιποθέω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G1909 and potheo "to yearn" |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 9 |
| Transliteration: | epipotheo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ep-ee-poth-eh'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to dote upon, i.e. intensely crave possession (lawfully or wrongfully) |
| KJV Renderings: | (earnestly) desire (greatly), (greatly) long (after), lust |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
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 2Co 5:2; ἰδεῖν τινα, Rom 1:11; 1Th 3:6; 2Ti 1:4; Php 2:26 L brackets WH text brackets; τί, 1Pe 2:2 (ἐπί τί, Psa 41:2 ()); τινα to be possessed with a desire for, long for (Winer’s Grammar, § 30, 10 b.), Php 2:26 R G T Tr WH marginal reading; to pursue with love, to tong after: 2Co 9:14; Php 1:8 (τάς ἐντολάς Θεοῦ, Psalm 118:131 ()); absolutely to lust (i. e. harbor forbidden desire): Jas 4:5, on which passage see φθόνος. (Herodotus, Plato, Diodorus, Plutarch, Lucian.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἐπιποθέω ((earnestly) desire (greatly))
Romans 1:11
- KJV: For I long to see you that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift to the end ye may be established
- GK: επιποθώ γαρ ιδείν υμάς ίνα τι μεταδώ χάρισμα υμίν πνευματικόν εις το στηριχθήναι υμάς
2 Corinthians 5:2
- KJV: For in this we groan earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house from heaven
- GK: και γαρ εν τούτω στενάζομεν το οικητήριον ημών το εξ ουρανού επενδύσασθαι επιποθούντες
2 Corinthians 9:14
- KJV: And by their prayer for you which long after you for the exceeding grace of God in you
- GK: και αυτών δεήσει υπέρ υμών επιποθούντων υμάς διά την υπερβάλλουσαν χάριν του θεού εφ΄ υμίν
Philippians 1:8
- KJV: For God is my record how greatly I long you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ
- GK: μάρτυς γαρ μου εστιν ο θεός ως επιποθώ πάντας υμάς εν σπλάγχνοις Ιησού χριστού
Philippians 2:26
- KJV: For he longed after you all and was full of heaviness because that ye had heard that he had been sick
- GK: επειδή επιποθών ην πάντας υμάς και αδημονών διότι ηκούσατε ότι ησθένησε
1 Thessalonians 3:6
- KJV: But now when Timotheus came from you unto us and brought us good tidings of your faith and charity and that ye have good remembrance of us always desiring greatly to see us as we also you
- GK: άρτι δε ελθόντος Τιμοθέου προς ημάς αφ΄ υμών και ευαγγελισαμένου ημίν την πίστιν και την αγάπην υμών και ότι έχετε μνείαν ημών αγαθήν πάντοτε επιποθούντες ημάς ιδείν καθάπερ και ημείς υμάς
2 Timothy 1:4
- KJV: Greatly desiring to see thee being mindful of thy tears that I may be filled with joy
- GK: επιποθών σε ιδείν μεμνημένος σου των δακρύων ίνα χαράς πληρωθώ
James 4:5
- KJV: Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy
- GK: η δοκείτε ότι κενώς η γραφή λέγει προς φθόνον επιποθεί το πνεύμα ο κατώκησεν εν ημίν
1 Peter 2:2
- KJV: As newborn babes desire the sincere milk of the word that ye may grow thereby
- GK: ως αρτιγέννητα βρέφη το λογικόν άδολον γάλα επιποθήσατε ίνα εν αυτώ αυξηθήτε