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Strong's #1971 - ἐπιποθέω

Transliteration

epipothéō

Phonetics

ep-ee-poth-eh'-o

Root Word (Etymology)

from (G1909) and potheo (to yearn)

Parts of Speech

Verb

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

to long for, desire
to pursue with love, to long after
to lust, harbour forbidden desire

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 707 ‑ אָרַג (aw‑rag'); 1638 ‑ גָּרַס (gaw‑ras'); 1891 ‑ הָבַל (haw‑bal'); 2550 ‑ חָמַל (khaw‑mal'); 2968 ‑ יָאַב (yaw‑ab'); 3700 ‑ כָּסַף (kaw‑saf'); 7369 ‑ רָחֵק (raw‑khake'); 8581 ‑ תָּעַב (taw‑ab');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

KJV (9)

Romans 1

2 Corinthians 2

Philippians 2

1 Thessalonians 1

2 Timothy 1

James 1

1 Peter 1

NAS (9)

Romans 1

2 Corinthians 2

Philippians 2

1 Thessalonians 1

2 Timothy 1

James 1

1 Peter 1

HCS (9)

Romans 1

2 Corinthians 2

Philippians 2

1 Thessalonians 1

2 Timothy 1

James 1

1 Peter 1

BSB (9)

Romans 1

2 Corinthians 2

Philippians 2

1 Thessalonians 1

2 Timothy 1

James 1

1 Peter 1

ESV (9)

Romans 1

2 Corinthians 2

Philippians 2

1 Thessalonians 1

2 Timothy 1

James 1

1 Peter 1

WEB (9)

Romans 1

2 Corinthians 2

Philippians 2

1 Thessalonians 1

2 Timothy 1

James 1

1 Peter 1

KJV (9)

after 3

desire 1

desiring 2

greatly 1

long 1

lusteth 1

NAS (9)

desires 1

long 3

longing 4

yearn 1

HCS (9)

I long 1

I want very much 1

body, desiring 1

deeply I miss 1

desire 1

longing for 1

they will have deep affection 1

wanting 1

yearns 1

BSB (9)

I long 2

I long for 1

crave 1

longing 2

longing for 1

will express their affection 1

yearns 1

ESV (9)

long 4

long for 1

longing 2

yearn for 1

yearns 1

WEB (9)

I long 2

long 1

longed for 1

longing 3

yearn 1

yearns 1

RAH

V-FAI1S 1

V-FAI2S 1

V-IAI3P 1

V-PAI2P 1

V-PAI3S 3

ANT

V-AAM-2P 1

V-PAI-1S 2

V-PAI-3S 1

V-PAP-GPM 1

V-PAP-NPM 2

V-PAP-NSM 2

BEZ

V-AAM-2P 1

V-PAI-1S 2

V-PAI-3S 1

V-PAP-GPM 1

V-PAP-NPM 2

V-PAP-NSM 2

BGB

V-AMA-2P 1

V-PIA-1S 2

V-PIA-3S 1

V-PPA-GMP 1

V-PPA-NMP 2

V-PPA-NMS 2

BMT

V-AAM-2P 1

V-PAI-1S 2

V-PAI-3S 1

V-PAP-GPM 1

V-PAP-NPM 1

V-PAP-NSM 2

BYZ

V-AAM-2P 1

V-PAI-1S 2

V-PAI-3S 1

V-PAP-GPM 1

V-PAP-NPM 1

V-PAP-NSM 2

ELZ

V-AAM-2P 1

V-PAI-1S 2

V-PAI-3S 1

V-PAP-GPM 1

V-PAP-NPM 2

V-PAP-NSM 2

NA26

V-AAD-2P 1

V-PAI-1S 2

V-PAI-3S 1

V-PAPGPM 1

V-PAPNPM 2

V-PAPNSM 2

SBL

V-1PAIS 2

V-2AADP 1

V-3PAIS 1

V-PAPGPM 1

V-PAPNPM 2

V-PAPNSM 2

SCV

V-AAM-2P 1

V-PAI-1S 2

V-PAI-3S 1

V-PAP-GPM 1

V-PAP-NPM 2

V-PAP-NSM 2

STV

V-AAM-2P 1

V-PAI-1S 2

V-PAI-3S 1

V-PAP-GPM 1

V-PAP-NPM 2

V-PAP-NSM 2

TIS

V-AAM-2P 1

V-PAI-1S 2

V-PAI-3S 1

V-PAP-GPM 1

V-PAP-NPM 2

V-PAP-NSM 2

V-AAM-2P 1

V-PAI-1S 2

V-PAI-3S 1

V-PAP-GPM 1

V-PAP-NPM 2

V-PAP-NSM 2

V-AAM-2P 1

V-PAI-1S 2

V-PAI-3S 1

V-PAP-GPM 1

V-PAP-NPM 2

V-PAP-NSM 2

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἐπιποθ-έω,

desire besides or yearn after, c.acc., Hdt. 5.93, Ph. 2.598; feel the want of, Pl. Lg. 855e; ἐ. τινός LXX Psalms 118:20(119).20; ἐπί τι ib. 61 (62). 11.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

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.)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ἐπι -ποθέω , -ῶ ,

[in LXX for H2968, H707, H3700 hi., etc.;]

to long for, desire: c. inf., Romans 1:11, 2 Corinthians 5:2, 1 Thessalonians 3:6, 2 Timothy 1:4, Philippians 2:26 (WH, [txt.]); c. acc rei, 1 Peter 2:2; c. acc pers., 2 Corinthians 9:14, Philippians 1:8; Philippians 2:26 (WH, mg); absol., James 4:5 (v. Mayor, in l).†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

List of Word Forms

επεπόθησα επεπόθησε επεπόθησεν επεπόθουν επιποθει επιποθεί ἐπιποθεῖ επιποθησατε επιποθήσατε ἐπιποθήσατε επιποθήσω επιποθουντες επιποθούντες ἐπιποθοῦντες επιποθουντων επιποθούντων ἐπιποθούντων επιποθω επιποθώ ἐπιποθῶ επιποθων επιποθών ἐπιποθῶν epipothei epipotheî epipothesate epipothēsate epipothḗsate epipotho epipothô epipothō epipothō̂ epipothon epipothôn epipothōn epipothō̂n epipothountes epipothoûntes epipothounton epipothountōn epipothoúnton epipothoúntōn