ἘΠΟΘΟΥΝ, ἐποθουν
EPOTHOUN, epothoun
Sounds Like: eh-po-THOON
Translations: they were longing, they longed, they desired, they yearned
From the root: ΠΟΘΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb in the imperfect tense, indicating an ongoing or repeated action in the past. It means to long for, desire, or yearn for something or someone. It describes a strong emotional pull or a deep wish.
Inflection: Imperfect, Indicative, Active, 3rd Person Plural
Strong’s number: G4337 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΟΘΕΩ.
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.
- ἘΠΕΠΟΘΟΥΝ — they longed for, they desired, we longed for, we desired
- ἘΠΟΘΕΙΤΗΝ — they longed for, they yearned for, you (two) longed for, you (two) yearned for
- ΕΠΕΠΟΘΑ — I have longed for, I have yearned for, I have desired, I have craved
- ΕΠΕΠΟΘΕΙ — he longed, he yearned, he desired, he craved, he longed for, he yearned for, he desired for, he craved for
- ΕΠΕΠΟΘΗΣΕΝ — he longed, he yearned, he greatly desired, he craved
- ΕΠΟΘΕΙΤΗΝ — they were longing, they were desiring, they were yearning, they were craving
- ΕΠΟΘΕΩ — I longed, I yearned, I desired, I missed
- ΠΟΘΕΙ — longs for, desires, yearns for, craves
- ΠΟΘΕΙΝ — to long for, to desire, to yearn for, to miss
- ΠΟΘΕΙΣ — you desire, you long for, you yearn for, you crave, you miss
- ΠΟΘΕΙΤΕ — you desire, you long for, you crave, you yearn for, you wish for
- ΠΟΘΕΩ — to long for, to yearn for, to desire, to miss, to crave
- ΠΟΘΗΣΑΝΤΟΣ — of one longing, of one desiring, of one yearning, of one who longed, of one who desired, of one who yearned
- ΠΟΘΗΣΑΤΕ — desire, long for, crave
- ΠΟΘΗΣΕΙΣ — you will long for, you will desire, you will crave, you will yearn for
- ΠΟΘΗΤΟΝ — desired, longed for, beloved, dear, a desired thing
- ΠΟΘΟΥΜΕΝΑ — desired things, things longed for, objects of desire
- ΠΟΘΟΥΜΕΝΗΝ — longed for, desired, yearned for, a longed for one, a desired one
- ΠΟΘΟΥΜΕΝΗΣ — (of) longed for, (of) desired, (of) yearned for, (of) missed
- ΠΟΘΟΥΝ — longing, desiring, yearning, craving
- ΠΟΘΟΥΝΤΑ — longing, desiring, yearning, craving, missing
- ΠΟΘΟΥΝΤΑΣ — longing, desiring, yearning, craving, missing
- ΠΟΘΟΥΝΤΕΣ — longing, desiring, yearning, craving, missing, wishing for
- ΠΟΘΟΥΣΑ — longing, desiring, yearning, craving, she who longs, one who longs
- ΠΟΘΟΥΣΙ — they long for, they desire, they yearn for, they crave, they miss
- ΠΟΘΟΥΣΙΝ — they long for, they desire, they yearn for, they crave
- ΠΟΘΥΣΗΣ — you desire, you long for, you crave
- ΠΟΘΩΝ — longing, desiring, yearning, one who longs, he who desires
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