noun · feminine
epipothēsias
Greekἐπιπόθησις (epipothēsis)
Strong’sG1972
eager longing, desire
stem epipothēsi-2 times in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
**† ἐπι-πόθησις, -εως, ἡ
[in Aq.: Ez 23:11 *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1972 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidep-ee-poth'-ay-sis
a longing for
Fromfrom G1971;
King Jamesearnest (vehement) desire.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | epipothēsias | epipothēsiais |
| object accusative | epipothēsian2×ἐπιπόθησιν | epipothēsiain |
| direct address vocative | epipothēsiar | epipothēsiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | epipothēsiau | epipothēsiaiu |
| to, for dative | epipothēsia | epipothēsiai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
epipothēsia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
epipothēsian“longing”objectaccusative singular2×
2 Corinthians 7:7“longing”ouk monem de en ta parousia autou, alla kai en ta paraklēsia ha parakalita epi vi, anangellarōtos ni tan vu epipothēsian, ton vu odurmon, ton vu zēlon huper mu, hōste min mallon chairira.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 7:11“longing”idou gar autem houtem tem kata theon lupira posan katergazeta vi spoudan, alla apologian, alla aganaktēsian, alla fobon, alla epipothēsian, alla zēlon, alla ekdikēsian; en pante sunistanava heautoin hagnoin arō te pragme.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.