Lexical Summary
epipothésis: Longing, earnest desire
Original Word: ἐπιπόθησις
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: epipothésis
Pronunciation: eh-pee-POTH-ay-sis
Phonetic Spelling: (ep-ee-poth'-ay-sis)
KJV: earnest (vehement) desire
NASB: longing
Word Origin: [from G1971 (ἐπιποθέω - longing)]
1. a longing for
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
earnest desire.
From epipotheo; a longing for -- earnest (vehement) desire.
see GREEK epipotheo
HELPS Word-studies
Cognate: 1972 epipóthēsis – earnest (yearning) affection. See 1971 (epipotheō).
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Originfrom
epipotheóDefinitionlonging
NASB Translationlonging (2).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1972: ἐπιπόθησιςἐπιπόθησις,
ἐπιποθησεως,
ἡ,
longing:
2 Corinthians 7:7, 11. (
Ezekiel 23:11 Aq.;
Clement of Alexandria, strom. 4, 21, 131, p. 527 a.)
