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Strong's #1971 - ἐπιποθέω
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- to long for, desire
- to pursue with love, to long after
- to lust, harbour forbidden desire
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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.
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
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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).†
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