STRONGS NUMBER G1972


Word Summary
epipothēsis: longing
Original Word: ἐπιπόθησις
Transliteration: epipothēsis
Phonetic Spelling: (ep-ee-poth'-ay-sis)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: longing
Meaning: longing
Strong's Concordance
earnest desire.

From epipotheo; a longing for -- earnest (vehement) desire.

see GREEK epipotheo

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1972: ἐπιπόθησις

ἐπιπόθησις, ἐπιποθησεως, , longing: 2 Corinthians 7:7, 11. (Ezekiel 23:11 Aq.; Clement of Alexandria, strom. 4, 21, 131, p. 527 a.)