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Dictionaries :: Long (Verb), Long (After, For), Longing

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Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words
A-1 Verb Strong's Number: g1971 Greek: epipotheo

Long (Verb), Long (After, For), Longing:

"to long for greatly" (a strengthened form of potheo, "to long for," not found in the NT), is translated "I long," in Rom 1:11; in 2Cr 5:2, RV, "longing" (AV, "earnestly desiring"); in 1Th 3:6; 2Ti 1:4, RV, "longing" (AV, "desiring greatly"); to long after, in 2Cr 9:14; Phl 1:8; 2:26; to long for, in 1Pe 2:2, RV (AV, "desire"); Jam 4:5, RV, "long."
See DESIRE.

B-1 Adjective Strong's Number: g1973 Greek: epipothetos

Long (Verb), Long (After, For), Longing:

akin to A, and an intensive form of pothetos, "desired, greatly desired," "longed for," is used in Phl 4:1.

C-1 Noun Strong's Number: g1974 Greek: epipothia

Long (Verb), Long (After, For), Longing:

"a longing" (akin to A and B), is found in Rom 15:23, RV, "longing" (AV, "great desire").
See DESIRE.

C-2 Noun Strong's Number: g1972 Greek: epipothesis

Long (Verb), Long (After, For), Longing:

"a longing" (perhaps stressing the process more than No. 1), is found in 2Cr 7:7, RV, "longing" (AV, "earnest desire"); 2Cr 7:11, RV, "longing" (AV, "vehement desire").

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