Strong's Lexicon
G1972
G1972 — ἐπιπόθησις
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G1972 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἐπιπόθησις |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from G1971 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | epipothesis |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ep-ee-poth'-ay-sis |
| Meaning: | 1. a longing for |
| KJV Renderings: | earnest (vehement) desire |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐπιπόθησις, ἐπιποθησεως, ἡ, longing: 2Co 7:7; 2Co 7:11. (Eze 23:11 Aq.; Clement of Alexandria, strom. 4, 21, 131, p. 527 a.)
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἐπιπόθησις (earnest (vehement) desire)
2 Corinthians 7:7
- KJV: And not by his coming only but by the consolation wherewith he was comforted in you when he told us your earnest desire your mourning your fervent mind toward me so that I rejoiced the more
- GK: ου μόνον δε εν τη παρουσία αυτού αλλά και εν τη παρακλήσει η παρεκλήθη εφ΄ υμίν αναγγέλλων ημίν την υμών επιπόθησιν τον υμών οδυρμόν τον υμών ζήλον υπέρ εμού ώστε με μάλλον χαρήναι
2 Corinthians 7:11
- KJV: For behold this selfsame thing that ye sorrowed after a godly sort what carefulness it wrought in you yea clearing of yourselves yea indignation yea fear yea vehement desire yea zeal yea revenge In all ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter
- GK: ιδού γαρ αυτό τούτο το κατά θεόν λυπηθήναι υμάς πόσην κατειργάσατο υμίν σπουδήν αλλά απολογίαν αλλά αγανάκτησιν αλλά φόβον αλλά επιπόθησιν αλλά ζήλον αλλ΄ εκδίκησιν εν παντί συνεστήσατε εαυτούς αγνούς είναι εν τω πράγματι