King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G2442
Transliteration: homeiromai
Phonetic Spelling: (him-i'-rom-ahee)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: be affectionately desirous
Meaning: be affectionately desirous
ἱμείρω: middle ἱμείρομαι; (ἵμερος desire, longing, (allied with ἵλεως; Vanicek, p. 88); cf. οἰκτείρω); to desire, long for, especially of the longing of love: ὑμῶν (Winer's Grammar, § 30, 10 b.), i. e. your souls, to win them to Christ, 1 Thessalonians 2:8 Rec.; see ὁμείρομαι. (the Sept. Job 3:21; in Greek writings from Homer down.)
Word Summary
homeiromai: be affectionately desirous
Original Word: ὁμείρομαιTransliteration: homeiromai
Phonetic Spelling: (him-i'-rom-ahee)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: be affectionately desirous
Meaning: be affectionately desirous
Strong's Concordance
be affectionately desirous. Middle voice from himeros (a yearning; of uncertain affinity); to long for -- be affectionately desirous.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2442: ἱμείρωἱμείρω: middle ἱμείρομαι; (ἵμερος desire, longing, (allied with ἵλεως; Vanicek, p. 88); cf. οἰκτείρω); to desire, long for, especially of the longing of love: ὑμῶν (Winer's Grammar, § 30, 10 b.), i. e. your souls, to win them to Christ, 1 Thessalonians 2:8 Rec.; see ὁμείρομαι. (the Sept. Job 3:21; in Greek writings from Homer down.)