verb
homeiromō
Strong’sG2442
I long for, love fervently
stem homeir-once in the New Testament1 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
ἱμείρω, [in LXX: Jb 3:21 B3R (ABא, ὁμ-);] I Th 2:8(Rec.), v.s. ὁμείρομαί.
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2442 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidhim-i'-rom-ahee
of uncertain affinity); to long for
Frommiddle voice from ἵμερος (a yearning;
King Jamesbe affectionately desirous.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Aeolic dialect ἰμέρρω Refs 7th c.BC+, cf. Hdn.Gr. 2.949: (ἵμερος):— long for, desire, with genitive, τί κακῶν ἱμείρετε τούτων..; Refs 8th c.BC+: with infinitive, long or wish to do, Refs 7th c.BC+ [same place]: with adjective neuter, γνωτὰ κοὐκ ἄγνωτά μοι προσήλθεθ᾽ ἱμείροντες Refs 5th c.BC+
II middle ἱμείρομαι, aorist 1 ἱμειράμην linesRefs:—passive, aorist 1 ἱμέρθην Refs 8th c.BC+infinitive, εἴ πως ἱμείραιτο παραδραθέειν φιλότητι (compare ἵμερος) Refs 8th c.BC+.—Epic dialect, Ionic dialect Refs 5th c.BC+, and Trag. word: never in Attic dialect Prose; introduced as etymology in Refs 5th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| homeirorōntoisὁμειρόμενοι | happening now · subjectpresent middle or passive participle nominative plural masculine | deeply … care | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 54, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | homeiromō | homeirome | homeiromē | homeiromelē |
| you 2nd person singular | homeirosō | homeirose | homeirosē | homeiroselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | homeirotō | homeirote | homeirotē | homeirotelē |
| we 1st person plural | homeironō | homeirone | homeironē | homeironelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | homeirovō | homeirove | homeirovē | homeirovelē |
| they 3rd person plural | homeirolō | homeirole | homeirolē | homeirolelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | homeiromeiō | homeiromeiē |
| you 2nd person singular | homeiroseiō | homeiroseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | homeiroteiō | homeiroteiē |
| we 1st person plural | homeironeiō | homeironeiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | homeiroveiō | homeiroveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | homeiroleiō | homeiroleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | homeirosōr | homeirosēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | homeirotōr | homeirotēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | homeirovōr | homeirovēr |
| they 3rd person plural | homeirolōr | homeirolēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | homeiromoiō |
| you 2nd person singular | homeirosoiō |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | homeirotoiō |
| we 1st person plural | homeironoiō |
| ye 2nd person plural | homeirovoiō |
| they 3rd person plural | homeiroloiō |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | homeirorō | homeirorē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | homeirorōntos1× | homeirorēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
homeir 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
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
homeirorōntois“deeply … care”happening now · subjectpresent middle or passive participle nominative plural masculine1×
1 Thessalonians 2:8houtōs homeirorōntois vu eudokane metadōara vi ouk monem …We cared so deeply that we were delighted to share …