ἘΠΙΠΟΘΕΙ, ἐπιποθει
EPIPOTHEI, epipothei
Sounds Like: eh-pee-po-THEH-ee
Translations: long for, desire, yearn for, crave, pine for
From the root: ἘΠΙΠΟΘΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes a strong longing or yearning for something or someone. It implies an intense desire, often accompanied by a sense of missing or needing the object of the desire. It can be used to express a deep spiritual longing, as well as a more general craving or yearning.
Inflection: Present, Active, Indicative, Third Person Singular
Strong’s number: G1971 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- James — 4:5
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΠΙΠΟΘΕΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΠΙΠΟΘΗΣΕΙΣ — you will long for, you will desire, you will crave, you will yearn for
- ἘΠΙΠΟΘΗΣΗΣ — you long for, you desire, you crave, you yearn for
- ἘΠΙΠΟΘΗΣΩ — I will long for, I will earnestly desire, I will crave, I will yearn for
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