Word Summary
epipothia: longing
Original Word: ἐπιποθίαTransliteration: epipothia
Phonetic Spelling: (ep-ee-poth-ee'-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: longing
Meaning: longing
Strong's Concordance
great desire.
From epipotheo; intense longing -- great desire.
see GREEK epipotheo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1974: ἐπιποθίαἐπιποθία (
WH ἐπιποθεια, see under the word
εἰ,
ἰ),
ἐπιποθιας,
ἡ,
longing:
Romans 15:23;
ἅπαξ λεγόμενον. (On the passage cf.
Buttmann, 294 (252).)