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Lexicon :: Strong's G1971 - epipotheō

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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 - Denn mich verlangt, euch zu sehen, auf daß ich euch mitteile etwas geistlicher Gabe, euch zu stärken;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 5:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 5:2 - Und darüber sehnen wir uns auch nach unsrer Behausung, die vom Himmel ist, und uns verlangt, daß wir damit überkleidet werden;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 9:14 - indem auch sie nach euch verlangt im Gebet für euch um der überschwenglichen Gnade Gottes willen in euch.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 1:8 - Denn Gott ist mein Zeuge, wie mich nach euch allen verlangt von Herzensgrund in Jesu Christo.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 2:26 - sintemal er nach euch allen Verlangen hatte und war hoch bekümmert, darum daß ihr gehört hattet, daß er krank war gewesen.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Th 3:6 - Nun aber, da Timotheus zu uns von euch gekommen ist und uns verkündigt hat euren Glauben und eure Liebe, und daß ihr unser gedenket allezeit zum besten und euch verlangt, uns zu sehen, wie denn auch uns nach euch,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:4 - und mich verlangt, dich zu sehen, wenn ich denke an deine Tränen, auf daß ich mit Freude erfüllt würde;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 4:5 - Oder lasset ihr euch dünken, die Schrift sage umsonst: Der Geist, der in euch wohnt, begehrt und eifert?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:2 - und seid begierig nach der vernünftigen, lautern Milch als die jetzt geborenen Kindlein, auf daß ihr durch dieselbe zunehmet,
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