Word

ἐπιπόθησις

epipóthēsis · G1972 · Greek · 2 occurrences

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Meanings

longing for, deep desire

Longing for something, with the implication of recognizing a lack

Examples
2 Corinthians 7:7 and not only by his arrival, but also by the comfort with which he was comforted among you, as he reported to us your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me; so that I rejoiced even more.
2 Corinthians 7:11 For behold what earnestness this very thing, this godly sorrow, has produced in you: what vindication of yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what longing, what zeal, what punishment of wrong! In everything you demonstrated yourselves to be innocent in the matter.

How it’s used In 3 roles

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

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

1 occurrences in 1 groups

σύyou 1

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

1 occurrences in 1 groups

πόσοςhow much, how many 1

What is done to itIt is the object

2 occurrences in 2 groups

κατεργάζομαιto work out, to produce 1
ἀναγγέλλωto announce 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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Semantic domains 1 entry

To long for, to deeply desire, deep desire25.18: Paul describes in 2 Corinthians 7:11 how “godly sorrow” produced in the Corinthians “what longing, what zeal,” ἐπιπόθησις naming the intense yearning that their repentance produced toward making things right.

Word family 4 words

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

ἐπιποθέω epipothéō · G1971 · to long for, to deeply desire, deep desire · 9×ἐπιπόθησιςepipóthēsis · G1972ἐπιπόθητος 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 ἐπιποθησεως, ἡ, longing: 2 Cor 7:7, 2 Cor 7:11. (Ezek 23:11 Aq.; Clement of Alexandria,…

ἐπιποθησεως, ἡ, longing: 2 Cor 7:7, 2 Cor 7:11. (Ezek 23:11 Aq.; Clement of Alexandria, strom. 4, 21, 131, p. 527 a.)

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

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Desire Strongly2 occurrences

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