Limitless Word
ἐπιποθέωepipothéō
GreekG19719 occurrences (KJV)

to dote upon, i.e. intensely crave possession (lawfully or wrongfully)

KJV renders it: (earnestly) desire (greatly), (greatly) long (after), lust

Where it appears

  • Rom 1:11For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, to the end that you may be established;
  • 2 Cor 5:2For most certainly in this we groan, longing to be clothed with our habitation which is from heaven;
  • 2 Cor 9:14while they themselves also, with supplication on your behalf, yearn for you by reason of the exceeding grace of God in you.
  • Phil 1:8For God is my witness, how I long after all of you in the tender mercies of Christ Jesus.
  • Phil 2:26since he longed for you all, and was very troubled, because you had heard that he was sick.
  • 1 Th 3:6But when Timothy came just now to us from you, and brought us glad news of your faith and love, and that you have good memories of us always, longing to see us, even as we also long to see you;
  • 2 Tim 1:4longing to see you, remembering your tears, that I may be filled with joy;
  • Jas 4:5Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, “The Spirit who lives in us yearns jealously”?
  • 1 Pet 2:2as newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the Word, that with it you may grow,

Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.