noun · feminine
epipothias
Greekἐπιποθία (epipothia)
Strong’sG1974
longing, eager desire
stem epipothi-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
ἐπιποθία (WH, -πόθεια), -ας, ἡ = ἐπιπόθησις,
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1974 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidep-ee-poth-ee'-ah
intense longing
Fromfrom G1971;
King Jamesgreat 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 | epipothias | epipothiais |
| object accusative | epipothian1×ἐπιποθίαν | epipothiain |
| direct address vocative | epipothiar | epipothiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | epipothiau | epipothiaiu |
| to, for dative | epipothia | epipothiai |
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
epipothia 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
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
epipothian“desire”objectaccusative singular1×
Romans 15:23“desire”nuni de mēketi topon echarōtos en tei klimei houtei, epipothian de echarōtos teu erchara pros vin apo hikanoiu eteiu,But now that there are no further opportunities for me in these regions, and since I have longed for many years to visit you,