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It is often used in the New Testament to describe a strong, heartfelt desire for something or someone, often with a positive connotation. This longing can be for spiritual growth, fellowship, or the well-being of others.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the Greco-Roman world, longing and desire were common themes in literature and philosophy, often associated with love, beauty, and the pursuit of the good life. In the biblical context, "epipotheó" reflects a deep spiritual yearning, often directed towards God, righteousness, or the well-being of fellow believers. This longing is not merely emotional but is rooted in a desire for spiritual fulfillment and community.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>1971</b> <i>epipothéō</i> (from <a href="/greek/1909.htm">1909</a> <i>/epí</i>, "<i>on</i>, fitting" intensifying <i>potheō</i>, "yearn for") – properly, to long for, especially as it is fitting (apt) – i.e. <i>builds on</i> (Gk <i>epi</i>, "upon") the objective.</p><p class="discovery">[This root (<i>epipoth-</i>) means "<i>yearn affectionately</i>," having "a great affection for, to have a <i>yearning </i>love for," <i>L & N</i>, 1, 25.47), i.e. to "long for, strain after, desire greatly" (Souter).]</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/greek/1909.htm">epi</a> and potheó (to yearn)<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>to long for<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>desires (1), long (3), longing (4), yearn (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 1971: ἐπιποθέω</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">ἐπιποθέω</span></span>, <span class="greek2">ἐπιποθῶ</span>; 1 aorist <span class="greek2">ἐπεπόθησα</span>; properly, <span class="greek2">ποθον</span> <span class="greek2">ἔχω</span> <span class="greek2">ἐπί</span> <span class="greek2">τί</span> (i. e. <span class="greek2">ἐπί</span> is directive, not intensive; cf. <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">ἐπί</span></span>, D. 2) (cf. Fritzsche on Romans, vol. i., p. 30f); <span class="accented">to long for, desire</span>: followed by the infinitive <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/5-2.htm">2 Corinthians 5:2</a>; <span class="greek2">ἰδεῖν</span> <span class="greek2">τινα</span>, <a href="/interlinear/romans/1-11.htm">Romans 1:11</a>; <a href="/interlinear/1_thessalonians/3-6.htm">1 Thessalonians 3:6</a>; <a href="/interlinear/2_timothy/1-4.htm">2 Timothy 1:4</a>; <a href="/interlinear/philippians/2-26.htm">Philippians 2:26</a> <span class="manuref">L</span> brackets <span class="manuref">WH</span> text brackets; <span class="greek2">τί</span>, <a href="/interlinear/1_peter/2-2.htm">1 Peter 2:2</a> (<span class="greek2">ἐπί</span> <span class="greek2">τί</span>, <a href="/interlinear/psalms/41-2.htm">Psalm 41:2</a><FOOTNOTE:10> (<BIBLE/CHAPTER_VERSE:Ps. 42:2>)); <span class="greek2">τινα</span> to be possessed with a desire for, long for (<span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>'s Grammar, § 30, 10 b.), <a href="/interlinear/philippians/2-26.htm">Philippians 2:26</a> <span class="manuref">R</span> <span class="manuref">G</span> <span class="manuref">T</span> <span class="manuref">Tr</span> <span class="manuref">WH</span> marginal reading; <span class="accented">to pursue with love, to tong after</span>: <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/9-14.htm">2 Corinthians 9:14</a>; <a href="/interlinear/philippians/1-8.htm">Philippians 1:8</a> (<span class="greek2">τάς</span> <span class="greek2">ἐντολάς</span> <span class="greek2">Θεοῦ</span>, <a href="/interlinear/psalms/118-131.htm">Psalm 118:131</a><FOOTNOTE:10> (<BIBLE/CHAPTER_VERSE:Psalms 119:131>)); absolutely <span class="accented">to lust</span> (i. e. harbor forbidden desire): <a href="/interlinear/james/4-5.htm">James 4:5</a>, on which passage see <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">φθόνος</span></span>. (<span class="abbreviation">Herodotus</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Plato</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Diodorus</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Plutarch</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Lucian</span>.)<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>earnestly desire, greatly long after <p>From <a href="/greek/1909.htm">epi</a> and potheo (to yearn); to dote upon, i.e. Intensely crave possession (lawfully or wrongfully) -- (earnestly) desire (greatly), (greatly) long (after), lust. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/1909.htm">epi</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>επεπόθησα επεπόθησε επεπόθησεν επεπόθουν επιποθει επιποθεί ἐπιποθεῖ επιποθησατε επιποθήσατε ἐπιποθήσατε επιποθήσω επιποθουντες επιποθούντες ἐπιποθοῦντες επιποθουντων επιποθούντων ἐπιποθούντων επιποθω επιποθώ ἐπιποθῶ επιποθων επιποθών ἐπιποθῶν epipothei epipotheî epipothesate epipothēsate epipothḗsate epipotho epipothô epipothō epipothō̂ epipothon epipothôn epipothōn epipothō̂n epipothountes epipothoûntes epipothounton epipothountōn epipothoúnton epipothoúntōn<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/romans/1-11.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Romans 1:11</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular">V-PIA-1S</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/romans/1.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3"><b>ἐπιποθῶ</b> γὰρ ἰδεῖν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/romans/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">For I long</span> to see you so<br><a href="/kjvs/romans/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> For <span class="itali">I long</span> to see you,<br><a href="/interlinear/romans/1-11.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> <span class="itali">I long</span> indeed to see<p><b><a href="/text/2_corinthians/5-2.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Corinthians 5:2</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural">V-PPA-NMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/5.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">οὐρανοῦ ἐπενδύσασθαι <b>ἐπιποθοῦντες</b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/2_corinthians/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> [house] we groan, <span class="itali">longing</span> to be clothed<br><a href="/kjvs/2_corinthians/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> we groan, <span class="itali">earnestly desiring</span> to be clothed upon<br><a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/5-2.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> heaven to be clothed with <span class="itali">longing</span><p><b><a href="/text/2_corinthians/9-14.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Corinthians 9:14</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Masculine Plural">V-PPA-GMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/9.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν <b>ἐπιποθούντων</b> ὑμᾶς διὰ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/2_corinthians/9.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> on your behalf, <span class="itali">yearn</span> for you because<br><a href="/kjvs/2_corinthians/9.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> for you, <span class="itali">which long after</span> you for<br><a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/9-14.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> for you <span class="itali">a longing</span> for you on account of<p><b><a href="/text/philippians/1-8.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Philippians 1:8</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular">V-PIA-1S</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/philippians/1.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">θεός ὡς <b>ἐπιποθῶ</b> πάντας ὑμᾶς</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/philippians/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> how <span class="itali">I long</span> for you all<br><a href="/kjvs/philippians/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> how <span class="itali">greatly I long after</span> you<br><a href="/interlinear/philippians/1-8.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> God [is] how <span class="itali">I long after</span> all you<p><b><a href="/text/philippians/2-26.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Philippians 2:26</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular">V-PPA-NMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/philippians/2.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐπειδὴ <b>ἐπιποθῶν</b> ἦν πάντας</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/philippians/2.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> because <span class="itali">he was longing</span> for you all<br><a href="/kjvs/philippians/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> For he <span class="itali">longed after</span> you all,<br><a href="/interlinear/philippians/2-26.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> since <span class="itali">longing after</span> he was all<p><b><a href="/text/1_thessalonians/3-6.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Thessalonians 3:6</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural">V-PPA-NMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_thessalonians/3.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἀγαθὴν πάντοτε <b>ἐπιποθοῦντες</b> ἡμᾶς ἰδεῖν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_thessalonians/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> kindly <span class="itali">of us, longing</span> to see<br><a href="/kjvs/1_thessalonians/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> always, <span class="itali">desiring greatly</span> to see<br><a href="/interlinear/1_thessalonians/3-6.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> good always <span class="itali">longing</span> us to see<p><b><a href="/text/2_timothy/1-4.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Timothy 1:4</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular">V-PPA-NMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_timothy/1.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3"><b>ἐπιποθῶν</b> σε ἰδεῖν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/2_timothy/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">longing</span> to see you, even as I recall<br><a href="/kjvs/2_timothy/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">Greatly desiring</span> to see thee,<br><a href="/interlinear/2_timothy/1-4.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> <span class="itali">longing</span> you to see<p><b><a href="/text/james/4-5.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">James 4:5</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular">V-PIA-3S</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/james/4.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">Πρὸς φθόνον <b>ἐπιποθεῖ</b> τὸ πνεῦμα</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/james/4.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> He jealously <span class="itali">desires</span> the Spirit<br><a href="/kjvs/james/4.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> in us <span class="itali">lusteth</span> to envy?<br><a href="/interlinear/james/4-5.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> with envy <span class="itali">does long</span> the Spirit<p><b><a href="/text/1_peter/2-2.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Peter 2:2</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural">V-AMA-2P</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_peter/2.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἄδολον γάλα <b>ἐπιποθήσατε</b> ἵνα ἐν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_peter/2.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> newborn babies, <span class="itali">long</span> for the pure milk<br><a href="/kjvs/1_peter/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> newborn babes, <span class="itali">desire</span> the sincere milk<br><a href="/interlinear/1_peter/2-2.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> pure milk <span class="itali">long you after</span> that by<p><b><a href="/greek/1971.htm">Strong's Greek 1971</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_1971.htm">9 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/epipothe_sate_1971.htm">ἐπιποθήσατε — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/epipothei_1971.htm">ἐπιποθεῖ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/epipotho__1971.htm">ἐπιποθῶ — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/epipotho_n_1971.htm">ἐπιποθῶν — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/epipothountes_1971.htm">ἐπιποθοῦντες — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/epipothounto_n_1971.htm">ἐπιποθούντων — 1 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/1970.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1970"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1970" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/1972.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1972"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1972" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>