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Strong's G1971 · Greek

ἐπιποθέω

epipotheo · ep-ee-poth-eh'-o

from 1909 and potheo (to yearn); to dote upon, i.e. intensely crave possession (lawfully or wrongfully)


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

ἐπι-ποθέω (G1971)

9 ἐπι-ποθέω , -ῶ [in LXX for יָאַב , אָרַג , כָּסַף hi., etc. ;] to long for, desire : c. inf., Ro 1:11 , II Co 5:2 , I Th 3:6 , II Ti 1:4 , Phl 2:26 (WH, [txt.]); c. acc rei, I Pe 2:2 ; c. acc pers., II Co 9:14 , Phl 1:8 2:26 (WH, mg); absol., Ja 4:5 (v. Mayor, in l.).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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