ἱμείρομαιhimeíromai
GreekG24421 occurrences (KJV)
of uncertain affinity); to long for
KJV renders it: be affectionately desirous
Where it appears
- 1 Th 2:8Even so, affectionately longing for you, we were well pleased to impart to you, not the Good News of God only, but also our own souls, because you had become very dear to us.
Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.