Greek noun (feminine) · G1972
ἐπιπόθησις
epipothesisep-ee-poth'-ay-sis
longing
2 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: epipóthēsis
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1972is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 1 of 27New Testament books
- 1spelling
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1972
a longing for
The King James renders it: earnest (vehement) desire.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
epipothesis is rendered "longing". It stands 2 times in the Greek text, across one book.
- Two of the uses stand in 2 Corinthians, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.2 Corinthians 7:7and not only by his arrival, but also by the comfort he had received from you. He told us about your longing, your mourning, and your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced all the more.
The first use
and not only by his arrival, but also by the comfort he had received from you. He told us about your longing, your mourning, and your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced all the more.
2 Corinthians 7:7ἐπιπόθησιν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's two uses are in 2 Corinthians.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- earnest desire1
- longing1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἐπιπίπτω | epipipto | to fall/press upon | Uses11 |
| ἐπιποθέω | epipotheo | to long for | Uses9 |
| ἐπιποθία | epipothia | longing | Uses1 |
| ἐπιπλήσσω | epiplesso | to rebuke | Uses1 |
| ἐπιπόθητος | epipothetos | longed for | Uses1 |
| ἐπιπορεύομαι | epiporeuomai | to come/go to | Uses1 |
| ἐπιπνίγω | epipnigo | to choke | Usesnot recorded |
All 2, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
1 spelling and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἐπιπόθησιν2
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular2N-ASF
2 Corinthians
two uses
and not only by his arrival, but also by the comfort he had received from you. He told us about your longing, your mourning, and your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced all the more.
- ἐπιπόθησινepipothesinnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: earnest desire
Consider what this godly sorrow has produced in you: what earnestness, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what zeal, what vindication! In every way you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter.
- ἐπιπόθησινepipothesinnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: longing
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.