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Lexicon :: Strong's G1971 - epipotheō

Aa
ἐπιποθέω
Transliteration
epipotheō (Key)
Pronunciation
ep-ee-poth-eh'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From ἐπί (G1909) and potheo (to yearn)
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Strong’s Definitions

ἐπιποθέω epipothéō, ep-ee-poth-eh'-o; from G1909 and potheo (to yearn); to dote upon, i.e. intensely crave possession (lawfully or wrongfully):—(earnestly) desire (greatly), (greatly) long (after), lust.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's G1971 in the following manner: greatly desire (2x), long (1x), earnestly desire (1x), long after (1x), greatly long after (1x), lust (1x), desire (1x), longed after (with G2258) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's G1971 in the following manner: greatly desire (2x), long (1x), earnestly desire (1x), long after (1x), greatly long after (1x), lust (1x), desire (1x), longed after (with G2258) (1x).

  1. to long for, desire

  2. to pursue with love, to long after

  3. to lust, harbour forbidden desire

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἐπιποθέω epipothéō, ep-ee-poth-eh'-o; from G1909 and potheo (to yearn); to dote upon, i.e. intensely crave possession (lawfully or wrongfully):—(earnestly) desire (greatly), (greatly) long (after), lust.
STRONGS G1971:
ἐπιποθέω, -ῶ; 1 aorist ἐπεπόθησα; properly, πόθον ἔχω ἐπί τι [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 τι, Psalm 41:2 (Ps. 42:2)); τινά, 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 long after: 2 Corinthians 9:14; Philippians 1:8, (τὰς ἐντολὰς θεοῦ, Psalm 118:131 (Psalms 119:131)); absolute to lust [i. e. harbor forbidden desire]: James 4:5, on which passage see φθόνος. (Herodotus, Plato, Diodorus, Plutarch, Lucian.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Psalms
41:2; 42:2; 119:131
Romans
1:11
2 Corinthians
5:2; 9:14
Philippians
1:8; 2:26; 2:26
1 Thessalonians
3:6
2 Timothy
1:4
James
4:5
1 Peter
2:2

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1971 matches the Greek ἐπιποθέω (epipotheō),
which occurs 9 times in 9 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:11 - For I have a strong desire to see you, and to give you some grace of the spirit, so that you may be made strong;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 5:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 5:2 - For in this we are crying in weariness, greatly desiring to be clothed with our house from heaven:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 9:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 9:14 - While their hearts go out to you in love and in prayer for you, because of the great grace of God which is in you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 1:8 - For God is my witness, how my love goes out to you all in the loving mercies of Christ Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 2:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 2:26 - Because his heart was with you all, and he was greatly troubled because you had news that he was ill:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Th 3:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 3:6 - But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and has given us good news of your faith and love, and that you have happy memories of us, desiring greatly to see us, even as we do to see you;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:4 - Desiring to see you, keeping in my memory your weeping, so that I may be full of joy;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 4:5 - Or does it seem to you that it is for nothing that the holy Writings say, The spirit which God put into our hearts has a strong desire for us?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:2 - Be full of desire for the true milk of the word, as babies at their mothers' breasts, so that you may go on to salvation;
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