Word Summary
epipothēsis: longing
Original Word: ἐπιπόθησιςTransliteration: epipothēsis
Phonetic Spelling: (ep-ee-poth'-ay-sis)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: longing
Meaning: longing
Strong's Concordance
earnest desire.
From epipotheo; a longing for -- earnest (vehement) desire.
see GREEK epipotheo
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.)