Word

ἐπιποθέω

epipothéō · G1971 · Greek · 9 occurrences

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Meanings

to long for, to deeply desire, deep desire

To long for something, with the implication of recognizing a lack

Examples
Romans 1:11 For I long to see you so that I may impart some spiritual gift to you, that you may be established;
2 Corinthians 5:2 For indeed, in this tent we groan, longing to be clothed with our dwelling from heaven,
Philippians 1:8 For God is my witness, how I long for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus.
to have a great affection for, to have a yearning love for

To experience a yearning affection for someone

Examples
2 Corinthians 9:14 while they also, by prayer on your behalf, yearn for you because of the surpassing grace of God in you.

How it’s used In 4 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

9 occurrences in 5 groups

Not stated (participle) 4
Not stated: I 2
αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1
Not stated: you (more than one) 1
Not stated: he, she or it 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

9 occurrences in 8 groups

εἴδωto know 3
σύyou 3
γάλαmilk 1
ἐγώI, we 1
ἐπενδύομαιto put on over 1
μεταδίδωμιto share 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

3 occurrences in 3 groups

διάthrough+ ὑπερβάλλωextraordinary 1
ἐνin+ σπλάγχνονaffection, compassion, heart 1
πρόςto, toward, with+ φθόνοςenvy 1

What is done to itIt is the object

2 occurrences in 2 groups

ἡγέομαιto consider, to lead 1
λέγωto say 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 1 word

ἱμείρομαι himeíromai · G2442 · to have a great affection for, to have a yearning love for: The target term and ἱμείρομαι (“to long for”) both denote intense longing or desire, the target having a somewhat broader range of application while ἱμείρομαι is attested in a specific relational context of affectionate longing.

Semantic domains 2 entries

To long for, to deeply desire, deep desire25.18: Paul writes in Romans 1:11, “I long to see you so that I may impart some spiritual gift to you,” ἐπιποθέω marking his deep, personal yearning to visit the believers in Rome.
To have a great affection for, to have a yearning love for25.47: In Philippians 1:8, Paul says, “I long for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus,” ἐπιποθέω here marking a heartfelt, love-driven yearning for the Philippian believers rather than desire for a thing or event.

Word family 4 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

ἐπιποθέωepipothéō · G1971ἐπιπόθησις epipóthēsis · G1972 · longing for, deep desire · 2×ἐπιπόθητος epipóthētos · G1973 · yearningly affectionate, longed for, very dear · 1×ἐπιποθία epipothía · G1974 · to long for, to deeply desire, deep desire · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἐπιποθῶ; 1 aorist ἐπεπόθησα; properly, ποθον ἔχω ἐπί τί (i. e. ἐπί is directive, not…

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 Cor 5:2; ἰδεῖν τινα, Rom 1:11; 1 Thess 3:6; 2 Tim 1:4; Phm 2:26 L brackets WH text brackets; τί, 1 Pet 2:2 (ἐπί τί, Ps 41:2); τινα to be possessed with a desire for, long for (Winer's Grammar, § 30, 10 b.), Phm 2:26 R G T Tr WH marginal reading; to pursue with love, to tong after: 2 Cor 9:14; Phm 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.)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

Desire Strongly8 occurrences Love, Affection, Compassion1 occurrence

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0