Long Long Longing

Long Long Longing

'''A — 1: ἐπιποθέω (Strong'S #1971 — Verb — epipotheo — ep-ee-poth-eh'-o )

"to long for greatly" (a strengthened form of potheo, "to long for," not found in the Nt), is translated "I long," in  Romans 1:11; in  2 Corinthians 5:2 , Rv, "longing" (Av, "earnestly desiring"); in  1 Thessalonians 3:6;  2 Timothy 1:4 , Rv, "longing" (Av, "desiring greatly"); to long after, in  2 Corinthians 9:14;  Philippians 1:8;  2:26; to long for, in  1 Peter 2:2 , Rv (Av, "desire");  James 4:5 , Rv, "long." See Desire.

'''B — 1: ἐπιπόθητος (Strong'S #1973 — Adjective — epipothetos — ep-ee-poth'-ay-tos )

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

'''C — 1: ἐπιποθία (Strong'S #1974 — Noun Feminine — epipothia — ep-ee-poth-ee'-ah )

"a longing" (akin to A and B), is found in  Romans 15:23 , Rv, "longing" (Av, "great desire"). See Desire.

'''C — 2: ἐπιπόθησις (Strong'S #1972 — Noun Feminine — epipothesis — ep-ee-poth'-ay-sis )

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